Background Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) caused by interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) affects up to 0.1% of the global population. There is growing global interest in PF, evident from a nearly threefold ...

Introduction There is an unmet need for a validated qualitative and quantitative tool to assess environmental exposures in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). This study aimed to develop ...

An intrathoracic rib is a rare congenital anomaly, most often detected incidentally and only rarely requires intervention, because it is typically benign and asymptomatic. This report describes a case ...

Asthma is a common lung disease and outcomes in the UK are among the worst in Europe. The overuse of short-acting beta agonist and underuse of anti-inflammatory, inhaled corticosteroid-containing ...

Time to next procedure in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing aspiration: derivation and initial validation of the RED score ...

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.

Background: Functional breathing disorders may complicate asthma and impair quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of physiotherapy based breathing retraining for patients ...

Background: Respiratory muscle weakness is an important clinical problem. Tests of varying complexity and invasiveness are available to assess respiratory muscle strength. The relative precision of ...

2 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA 3 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of ...

Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, London, UK Correspondence to: Professor H R Anderson Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, ...