Background Muscle wasting and weakness (sarcopenia) are commonly associated with COPD causing frailty and reduced quality of ...

A 64-year-old male retired firefighter and never-smoker presented to the ventilation team with a 6-month history of ...

We present the case of a 45-year-old man who reported 2 years of cough and expectoration and 1 year of dyspnoea. He had a ...

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Inflammation in preschool cystic fibrosis is of mixed phenotype, extends beyond the lung and is differentially modified by CFTR modulators ...

Background: In adults, viral causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are poorly characterised. The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults by using an ...

Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to: Dr S S Birring Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, ...

BACKGROUND--Serial peak expiratory flow rate (PEF) recording has been advocated as a sensitive and specific means of confirming work related asthma. The optimum number of recordings per day to achieve ...

Background: There are few data in asthma relating airway physiology, inflammation and remodelling and the relative effects of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment on these parameters. A study of the ...