The rationale for subphenotyping acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) arises from its marked biological and clinical ...

Background The increasing number of patients treated by long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) challenges the capacity of ...

Correspondence to Professor Claire L Shovlin, Professor of Practice (Clinical and Molecular Medicine), NHLI Vascular Science, Imperial College London, Imperial Centre for Translational and ...

Expiratory airflow was measured by spirometry at ages 8 years, 18 years and 25 years in 297 survivors born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks’ gestation) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g) ...

Objective To determine whether environmental control using nocturnal temperature controlled laminar airflow (TLA) treatment could improve the quality of life of patients with persistent atopic asthma.

3 Dr von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munchen, Germany Rationale Asthma is characterised by inflammation and ...

Correspondence to Professor Adam T Hill, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH16 4SA, UK; adam.hill318{at}nhs.net The new British Thoracic Society ...

Severity of hypoxaemia can be assessed using the partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio (FiO2). However, in patients breathing through non-rebreather reservoir bag ...

State University of New York - Health Science Center at Brooklyn & Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA Correspondence to: Dr L S Efferen, Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish ...

Correspondence to Professor Weihong Chen, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ...

Background The role of interleukin 17 (IL-17) in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH) remains unclear. This study is designed to explore whether IL-17 is a potential target for HPH treatment. Methods ...

BACKGROUND A prospective multicentre study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of intravenous ciprofloxacin or imipenem in the treatment of severe nosocomial pneumonia requiring mechanical ...