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

Introduction COPD is a heterogeneous disorder with varied phenotypes. We aimed to determine the prevalence of asthma history, peripheral eosinophilia and elevated FeNO levels along with the diagnostic ...

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

Background Smoking has been considered an important risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) incidence. However, there are no population-based large-scale studies demonstrating the effects ...

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 ...

Introduction A gap exists in the literature regarding dose–response associations of objectively assessed housing quality measures, particularly dampness and mould, with hospitalisation for acute ...

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) ...

INTRODUCTION Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of infectious death globally 1 2 and disproportionately affects those at the extremes of age. CAP is one of the leading causes of ...

Results A strong positive statistically significant correlation was observed between Pneumowave respiratory rate (RR) and ventilator frequency (6–80bpm), R= 0.9999, R squared= 0.9999, P<0.0001. 50 ...

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 ...

The following is a summary of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and includes a summary of the recommendations and ...

Rationale Advance care planning (ACP) is uncommon in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives To assess whether a nurse-led ACP-intervention can improve quality of ...