Dr C Kolappan, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Mayor V R Ramanathan Road, Chetput, Chennai-600 031, India; kola155{at}rediffmail.com Objective: To quantify the association between biomass fuel usage and ...

Thoracic Oncology Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to: Dr M D Peake Thoracic Oncology Unit and Institute for Lung Health, Department of ...

3 Pulmonary Division, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Professor Samy Suissa, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote ...

Critical illness poses a significant global health challenge, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries ...

Background The sit-to-stand (STS) test can assess physical function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, there are multiple versions. No study has used current ...

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, ...

Introduction Chest binders are garments used for compression of breast tissue by transgender individuals. Deleterious consequences of binder reported include shortness of breath with associated ...

Background CFTR modulators have transformed cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment, but individual responses vary even among patients with identical CFTR genotypes. This underscores the need for predictive ...

Background The use of 3D imaging with navigation bronchoscopy has increased with the introduction of mobile cone-beam CT (mCBCT). Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) integrated with ...

Objective Vaping may increase the cytotoxic effects of e-cigarette liquid (ECL). We compared the effect of unvaped ECL to e-cigarette vapour condensate (ECVC) on alveolar macrophage (AM) function.

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 ...

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 ...