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

Background Up to 50% of patients suffering acute pulmonary embolism (PE) demonstrate impaired pulmonary vascular recovery at follow up despite optimal anticoagulation, impacting negatively on ...

Results 256 day case MTs were analysed. Mean age was 72 years (34–86), 93 patients were male. 64 patients (25%) developed post procedure SE, and 4 of those had concurrent air leaks (due to lung ...

Introduction The number of computed tomography guided biopsies (CTGB) performed to investigate lung cancer is increasing. Data regarding performance and complications are important to inform patient ...

The clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and surgical treatment of 110 cases of oesophageal trauma, admitted under the care of one surgical team between 1949 and 1973, are reviewed. The importance of ...

Crystalline silica, a primary mineral component of the Earth’s crust, is one of the most common occupational health hazards. Workers are exposed to silica dust during activities such as cutting, ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a vital and core therapy for people with chronic lung disease. Significant improvements are seen in several patient outcomes, for the thousands ...

Despite the debilitating and lethal nature of pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to interstitial lung disease (group 3 PH),1 research into the treatment of this unique category of vasculopathy ...

Results Of 190 participants included in the analysis, 153 (80%) had a positive response to mepolizumab [mean age at enrolment of 52±13 years, (59) 31% males]. Patients with positive mepolizumab ...

Introduction and Objectives Approximately 1 in every 4100 people worldwide are born with oesophageal atresia ± tracheo-oesophageal fistula (OA/TOF). Whilst surgical correction is, in most cases, ...

Reduction of the risk of asthma attacks is a major goal of current asthma management. We propose to derive a risk scale predicting asthma attacks based on the blood eosinophil count and exhaled nitric ...

Background and objectives IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a multi-system fibro-inflammatory disorder originally described in association with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), usually but not always in ...