Introduction Physical exercise has been used to assist smoking cessation, but supervised programmes are bounded by limited ...

Objective Severe early-onset-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (SEO-COPD) represents the most severe form of COPD that ...

Introduction In patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPE), pleural fluid reaccumulates at variable rates following therapeutic aspiration. The aim of this study was to identify variables which ...

6 Imperial College NHS Trust and NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity and health status in patients with COPD, but many patients ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

Association between overuse of short-acting β2-agonists and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with asthma ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...

1 School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 2 School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia Background The risk of malignant ...

The epidemiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is reviewed with particular reference to the definition, frequency, time course, natural history and seasonality, and ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, AZ Groeninge, ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

Department of Child Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Clinical Institute, Belfast, UK All children experience head colds and many consult their doctor because of associated coughing.1 Cough with ...