Introduction Efficient preventive management of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is ...

Methods We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis in the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST) population comparing three ...

Background The prompt and precise diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is crucial for controlling this disease and ...

Airway-occluding mucus plugs (MPs)—as identified on CT scans—are frequent in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Introduction People diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) after death (postmortem) experience the ultimate diagnostic delay. We ...

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 ...

A 65-year-old male, who does not smoke, with a history of right lower lobectomy for carcinoid tumour 15 years prior, was referred for persistent, unexplained cough over 12 months. This was ...

Correspondence to Dr Andrew Tai, Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia; andrew.tai{at ...

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 ...

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Gestational and postnatal age define airway epithelial maturation and RSV responses during the first year of life: results of an ex-vivo/in-vitro Airway Epithelial Cell Study ...

Background Tumour-unrelated, virus-specific bystander CD8+ T cells were recently shown to be abundant among tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). However, their roles in tumour immunity have not ...