Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global mortality, yet existing risk prediction models remain limited. This study aimed to develop and validate a ...

Correspondence to Professor Claire L Shovlin, Professor of Practice (Clinical and Molecular Medicine), NHLI Vascular Science, Imperial College London, Imperial Centre for Translational and ...

A 70-year-old woman, previously treated with triple-inhalation therapy for bronchial asthma, presented to an ophthalmologist ...

Background Previous studies have shown that the incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is rising in the UK and USA. Death registrations and primary care data were used to determine the ...

2 Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Mandy Bryon, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK; Mandy.bryon{at}gosh.nhs.uk The ...

Antileukotriene drugs are new therapeutic agents that have recently been approved for the treatment of asthma. Several cases of eosinophilic conditions including Churg-Strauss syndrome have been ...

Background Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disease that leads to daytime sleepiness and cognitive impairment. Attempts to investigate changes in brain morphology that may underlie these ...

4 Department of Pneumology, H Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain 5 Department of Pneumology, H de Cruces, Vizcaya, Spain 6 Department of Pneumology, H Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain 7 Department of ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University Medical School, Melbourne 3181, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash ...

Pediatric Pulmonary Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA Background: Mutations in the ABCA3 gene can result in fatal surfactant ...

Correspondence to Dr Marieke L Duiverman, Department of Pulmonary Diseases/Home Mechanical Ventilation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...