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 ...

Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, UK BACKGROUND Although it is presumed that exacerbations ...

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

Background Many patients with the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA) travel to the mountains for recreational and professional activities while temporarily discontinuing continuous positive ...

a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Laboratory and PRETA Laboratory, CHRU, Grenoble, France, b Respiratory Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK Professor PA Levy, EFCR, Pneumologie ...

Background:The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by protein-rich oedema in the alveolar spaces, a feature in which Fas-mediated apoptosis of the alveolar epithelium has been ...

Background Previous studies have reported an association between weight increase and excess lung function decline in young adults followed for short periods. We aimed to estimate lung function ...

Background The aetiology of acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) is incompletely understood. Understanding the relationship between chronic bacterial airway infection and viral exposure may explain ...

2 Centre for Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 3 Guy's & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, National Institute of Health Research ...

Background: Oxidative stress is thought to have a major role in the pathogenesis of airway obstruction. A study was undertaken to determine whether subjects with low levels of antioxidants (serum ...

Correspondence to Victor D Dinglas, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; victor.dinglas{at}jhmi.edu Background There is ...

Background Uncertainty exists about the beneficial effects of delivering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD). This study explored the ...