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

Objective Systemic corticosteroids for 5–7 days are standard care for asthma exacerbations, but the optimal duration and ...

Background While maternal depression and anxiety have been linked to adverse childhood respiratory outcomes, the role of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK Correspondence to: Dr C S Garrard, Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; chris.garrard{at}clinical-medicine ...

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 ...

Background Current guidelines for the evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do not recommend screening for pulmonary hypertension (PH), despite the high prevalence and impact on ...

Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an effective form of treatment in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) who have concomitant severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). However, ...

Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK Elizabeth Holloway, Research Physiotherapist, Department of Epidemiology and Public ...

Background: A study was undertaken to validate the modified American Thoracic Society (ATS) rule and two British Thoracic Society (BTS) rules for the prediction of ICU admission and mortality of ...