Dynamic lung volumes (forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 0·5 second and in 1·0 second), static lung volumes (total lung capacity, functional residual capacity, residual volume), and ...

Background The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical care offers significant potential to enhance early ...

Background Tobacco smoking is a leading behavioural risk factor for death in the UK, contributing to deaths from cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases and common infectious diseases. 1 ...

The National Aspergillosis Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK Correspondence to Dr Chris Kosmidis, ...

Background Social media may influence children and young people’s health behaviour, including cigarette and e-cigarette use. Methods We analysed data from participants aged 10–25 years in the UK ...

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3 National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to Professor Jennifer K Quint, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College ...

Background Exacerbations of respiratory conditions including asthma are amongst the most common causes of emergency hospital attendances, but numerous pulmonary and extra-pulmonary comorbidities can ...

Correspondence to Professor David B Price, Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK; dprice{at}opri.sg Background Little is known about the impact of exacerbations on COPD ...

Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) causes debilitating breathlessness and predicting survival is challenging. This study aimed to obtain contemporary data on survival by underlying tumour ...

Background Exercise and traditional airway clearance techniques (ACTs) are both routinely recommended for people with cystic fibrosis (CF), with some people using exercise as a substitute for ...

Correspondence to Inge A H van den Berk, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands; i.a.vandenberk{at}amsterdamumc.nl Background Chest CT ...