Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global mortality, yet existing risk prediction models remain limited. This study aimed to develop and validate a ...

Correspondence to Professor Claire L Shovlin, Professor of Practice (Clinical and Molecular Medicine), NHLI Vascular Science, Imperial College London, Imperial Centre for Translational and ...

Introduction Current bronchiectasis guidelines advise against the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) except in patients with associated asthma, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and/or ...

Background Antibiotics are widely prescribed during pregnancy, yet their impact on offspring infection risk remains unclear. This study synthesises all available data and evaluates the association ...

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 ...

Background Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as ...

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a rare genetic disorder associated with early-onset chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and impaired quality of life (QoL). This retrospective study ...

Correspondence to Dr Jeffrey H Barsuk, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 211 E. Ontario St, Suite 717, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; ...

2 Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Mandy Bryon, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK; Mandy.bryon{at}gosh.nhs.uk The ...

2 Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Respiratory Diagnostic and Evaluation Services, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4 Department of ...

a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK, b Department of Sports Science, Loughborough University of Technology, UK Dr S M Revill. BACKGROUND The purpose of this ...

4 Department of Pneumology, H Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain 5 Department of Pneumology, H de Cruces, Vizcaya, Spain 6 Department of Pneumology, H Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain 7 Department of ...