BACKGROUND Patients with cystic fibrosis have several risk factors for the development of low bone mineral density (BMD). To identify the prevalence and clinical correlates of low BMD in adult ...

8 Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK 9 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK 10 ...

Background Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the most prevalent respiratory diseases, yet the lack of accessible standardised diagnostics in primary care often lead to ...

Correspondence to Professor Karim Vermaelen, Tumor Immunology Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital 7K12ie, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent B-9000, Belgium; Karim.Vermaelen ...

Background Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is essential in determining the efficacy of novel therapies in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). These require initial proof-of-concept demonstration that ...

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

Correspondence to: Professor R Rodríguez-Roisin Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; rororo{at}clinic.ub.es Early recognition of exacerbations and prompt ...

BACKGROUND A critical review was conducted of the quantitative literature linking indoor air pollution from household use of biomass fuels with acute respiratory infections in young children, which is ...

1 NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for North West London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 2 NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit of ...

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Asthma exacerbations are common. They account for a significant morbidity and contribute a disproportionate amount to the cost of asthma management. The optimal strategies for the prevention of asthma ...

Background Pulmonary microvasculature alterations are implicated in emphysema pathogenesis, but the association between pulmonary microvascular blood volume (PMBV) and emphysema has not been directly ...