Background Bronchoscopic limitations in reaching peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) can compromise biopsy sensitivity, ...

Background Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are leading global health burdens. Despite ...

Background Previous studies have shown that the incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is rising in the UK and USA. Death registrations and primary care data were used to determine the ...

3 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to Dr Mei-Shu Lai, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public ...

1 Division of Paediatric Respirology and Department of Physiotherapy, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 Division ...

1 Department of Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton NHS Foundation Trusts, London, UK 2 Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, Cicely ...

2 Pneumology Dept, Clinic Institute of Thorax (ICT), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut d`Investigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona (UB), Ciber de ...

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute for Lung Health, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Dr Michael C Steiner, Department of ...

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...

5 Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital, London, UK 6 Department of Radiology, London Chest Hospital, London, UK 7 Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK 8 Department of ...

Background: Patterns of wheezing during early childhood may indicate differences in aetiology and prognosis of respiratory illnesses. Improved characterisation of wheezing phenotypes could lead to the ...

Background Despite vaccination, influenza infection is still a major health burden, especially in people aged >65 years, immunocompromised or with respiratory disease. Current intramuscular influenza ...