Background Limited research exists on screening thresholds for low-dose CT in detecting malignant pure ground-glass lung ...

Background With higher valency pneumococcal vaccines on the horizon and new adult immunisation strategies under discussion, ...

Background: A study was undertaken to explore the pathway to diagnosis among a group of patients recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: A directed interview study triangulating patients’ ...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes improve the health of patients disabled by lung disease but their cost effectiveness is unproved. We undertook a cost/utility analysis in conjunction ...

Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and London Chest Hospital, London, UK Dr J A Wedzicha, Academic Respiratory Medicine, Dominion House, ...

2 Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 3 South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia Background: Sahaja Yoga is a traditional ...

Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Immunology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK Correspondence to: Professor N C Thomson, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 ...

Atypical radiological manifestation of sarcoidosis presenting with an anterior mediastinal mass ...

BACKGROUND Acute lower respiratory tract illness in previously well adults is usually labelled as acute bronchitis and treated with antibiotics without establishing the aetiology. Viral infection is ...

Correspondence to Professor Bing-Fang Hwang, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan; bfhwang{at}mail.cmu.edu.tw Background The effect of ...

Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Correspondence to: Dr R T Brouillette Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children’s Hospital, 2300 ...