Of 49 patients undergoing operation for benign spontaneous pneumothorax, 28 (57%) were found to have a sharp first or second rib. In a series of 100 patients undergoing thoracotomy for other ...

Background: The load imposed on ventilation by increased body mass contributes to the respiratory symptoms caused by obesity. A study was conducted to quantify ventilatory load and respiratory drive ...

A structural and metabolic framework for classifying pre-clinical tuberculosis infection phenotypes using 18F-FDG PET-CT: a prospective cohort analysis following M. tuberculosis exposure ...

Aims and Objectives An Integrated Respiratory Team (IRT) was established as a service innovation pilot project to improve outcomes for patients with COPD. As part of the IRT pilot, a Virtual ward for ...

2 Department of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Coventry University, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry, UK 3 Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, ...

Proportional assist ventilation is a promising addition to other more conventional modes of mechanical ventilation with the theoretical advantage of improving patient-ventilator interaction. It may ...

Dr A Bush, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK email:a.bush{at}rbh.nthames.nhs.uk BACKGROUND The addition of long acting inhaled β ...

Introduction Laryngeal dysfunction can present as a spectrum of clinical presentations, including Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) and/or Chronic Cough (CC). ILO and CC can occur following an ...

Background: The usefulness of induced sputum in searching for causative agents of pneumonia in children has not been studied. Methods: The study involved 101 children, aged 6 months to 15 years, ...

3 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Correspondence to Dr Pierre Ernst, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, ...

Department of Chemical Pathology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr Heather Milburn, Chest Clinic, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Street, London SE1 9RT, UK; heather.milburn{at}gstt.nhs ...