Background: In adults, viral causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are poorly characterised. The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults by using an ...

Objectives Case finding is proposed as an important component of the forthcoming English National Clinical Strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) because of accepted widespread ...

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) profoundly affects the quality of patients’ lives. A systematic review was performed to evaluate critically the published literature and to examine what ...

2 Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units, “Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Murcia, Spain 3 Division of Community ...

The development of chemotherapy for NSCLC over the last 20 years is reviewed, particularly with regard to its palliative effects. New “fourth generation” agents designed to inhibit specific biological ...

1 Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 2 Division of Psychosocial Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 3 ...

Introduction and Objectives In the UK, the latest data on mortality in patients with severe asthma was estimated in 2013 (14.8 deaths/1000 person-years). With an increasing trend in asthma-related ...

1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK 2 Department of Clinical Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK 3 Department of Clinical Oncology Calderdale and ...

Introduction and Objectives Chronic cough is a poorly understood condition with a limited number of treatment options available. Gabapentin and pregabalin are used in the treatment of neuropathic pain ...

Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to A Peacock, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional ...

We have reviewed 22 patients with benign asbestos pleural effusion seen over a 17-year period. The mean duration of exposure to asbestos was 5.5 years and the mean interval between exposure and ...