Obesity is a major problem from a public health perspective and a difficult practical matter for intensivists. The obesity pandemic has required treating clinicians to develop an appreciation of the ...

Background: The association between gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation has so far remained unclear. Objective: To prospectively ...

3 Pulmonary Division, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Professor Samy Suissa, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote ...

Reduced diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) reflects microvasculopathy in chronic thromboembolic ...

Objective NEWS2 (RCP 2017) 1 recommends use of ‘SpO2 Scale 2’ in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure (usually due to COPD) to aim target saturations of 88–92%. We aimed to identify if COPD ...

Correspondence to Robert A Stockley, Lung Investigation Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK; rob.stockley{at}uhb.nhs.uk Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is ...

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Brown University, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA Correspondence to Dr F Dennis McCool, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode ...

BACKGROUND The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) ...

BACKGROUND Airway inflammation, with recruitment of neutrophils to the airway lumen, results in purulent secretions and a variety of potential adverse consequences for patients with chronic bronchitis ...

Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, and John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW 2310, Australia Correspondence to: Professor P G ...

Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare form of eosinophilic vasculitis associated with asthma. There have been several recent case reports of the condition in association with leukotriene antagonists and it ...

2 Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands Correspondence to F M Struik, Department of ...