Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis and is particularly relevant to people living ...

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Objective Long-term azithromycin treatment effectively prevents acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

This document is the result of a joint initiative by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) to produce detailed ...

COPD is a progressive disease where airway inflammation plays an important part. Previously, there were large expectations that regular anti-inflammatory treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) ...

Background Exposure to tobacco content in films is a cause of smoking uptake in young people. In an earlier study, we reported that tobacco content occurred in 70% of UK box office films popular ...

Methods Pre-clinical work captured clinically relevant extremes of respiratory parameters using a pediatric mannequin and mechanical ventilation. Biosensor data was compared to ventilator-measured ...

The National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway recommends rapid progression from abnormal chest X-rays (CXRs) to CT. The impact of the more rapid reporting on the whole pathway is unknown. The aim of this ...

Introduction Until the early 1990s, metered dose inhalers (MDIs) that contained chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propellant were the most common way to administer inhaled therapy for asthma and chronic ...

Patients suspected of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections (VA-LRTIs) commonly receive broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy unnecessarily. We tested whether exhaled breath analysis ...

Disease burden Any prioritisation of the respiratory research agenda requires accurate data on underlying disease burden. The British Lung Foundation (now Asthma+Lung UK) has in the past supported ...

Background Coding practices impact the recorded prevalence of disease. Sepsis, most commonly caused by pneumonia, remains a common cause of mortality worldwide. In April 2017, NHS Digital issued new ...