Introduction Paternal prepubertal passive smoke exposure may increase the risk of childhood asthma. However, its association ...

Curative-intent multimodality treatment—combining local treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy with systemic therapy—is ...

Background The long-acting monoclonal antibody nirsevimab and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines became available for prevention of severe RSV-associated disease in 2023. While clinical trials ...

Introduction Breathlessness is a common cause of hospital admission globally and is associated with high mortality, ...

A common eligibility criterion in respiratory clinical trials is a per cent-predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second ...

The 2024 British Thoracic Society/ National Institute for Health and Care Excellence/ Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network asthma guidelines recommend anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR)-based ...

Background: Quadriceps weakness and loss of muscle mass predict mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It was hypothesised that a reduced quadriceps cross-sectional area could be ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, AZ Groeninge, ...

Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) benefit patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbations with raised blood eosinophil count (BEC). Emerging evidence suggests current ...

Introduction The project aimed to utilise the skills of highly advanced respiratory pharmacists, usually based in tertiary care, who provided outreach clinics in general practices serving populations ...

Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London EC1A 7BE, UK Correspondence to: Professor J A Wedzicha, Academic Unit of Respiratory ...

Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) causes debilitating breathlessness and predicting survival is challenging. This study aimed to obtain contemporary data on survival by underlying tumour ...