Introduction Information on drug-induced interstitial lung disease (DILD) is limited due to its low incidence. This study investigated the frequencies of drug categories with potential risk in ...

Rationale Dendritic cells (DC) accumulate in the lungs of patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis, but their pathogenetic relevance is poorly defined. Objectives To assess the role of the FMS-like ...

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

Rationale Surgeries that require one-lung ventilation have high rates of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications with associated morbidity and mortality. Statins may limit inflammation involved in ...

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

The evidence-based British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in adults was published in 2013.1 There is a strong evidence base for the benefits of PR,2 and it is one ...

Objective To determine how early-life risk factors explain socioeconomic inequalities in persistent asthma in adolescence. Methods We did a causal mediation analysis using data from 7487 children and ...

Recommendations Long-term macrolide treatment could be offered to reduce exacerbations in those with high exacerbation rates (ie, 3 or more per year). (Strong) The dosing regimens with the greatest ...

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 ...

This is a summary of the recommendations of the joint guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management, which was published in November 2024. This new collaborative guideline ...

Rationale Estimating the causal effect of an intervention at individual level, also called individual treatment effect (ITE), may help in identifying response prior to the intervention. Objectives We ...

Background Despite exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being both common and often fatal, accurate prognostication of patients hospitalised with an exacerbation is difficult.