BACKGROUND The British Thoracic Society (BTS) developed a rule (BTSr) based on severity criteria to predict short term mortality in adults admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Baritosis is one of the benign pneumoconioses in which inhaled particulate matter lies in the lungs for years without producing symptoms, abnormal physical signs, incapacity for work, interference ...

1 Late-stage Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals RandD, AstraZeneca, Oslo, Norway 2 Clinical Development, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, ...

Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford and Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK Correspondence to: Professor J R Stradling Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of ...

Correspondence to Dr John Harvey, North Bristol Lung Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; john.harvey{at}nbt.nhs.uk Secondary pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with underlying lung disease ...

BACKGROUND Guidelines state that oral and inhaled corticosteroids are the cornerstone of asthma treatment. The effect of both types of treatment can be assessed by measuring lung and systemic ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...

Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr Andrew J Fisher ...

Central Laboratory of Virology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Dr J Garbino, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, 24 ...

Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...

5 Cardio-Respiratory Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Correspondence to: DrM Matheson Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University ...