Background: There is a growing recognition that genetic predisposition contributes to the development of fibrotic ...

Background Emerging evidence suggests that lung function decline may be linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but this has ...

Small-molecule oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are increasingly used for treatment of digestive and rheumatic inflammatory ...

Background A usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern of lung injury is a key feature of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and is also observed in up to 40% of individuals with rheumatoid ...

8 Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and Imperial College, London, UK 9 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK ...

History of Medicine Department, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Correspondence to Dr Marianna Karamanou, History of Medicine Department, Medical School, University of Athens, 4 ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

For decades, most critical care patients have survived hospitalisation, supporting increased attention on the long-term critical illness recovery. The term ‘Post-Intensive Care Syndrome’ was coined in ...

Rationale The European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions 5-Levels questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) is a multidimensional patient-reported questionnaire that supports calculation of quality-adjusted life-years. Our ...

2 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, UK 3 Centre for Medical Microbiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, ...

2 Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Respiratory Diagnostic and Evaluation Services, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4 Department of ...

Correspondence to Dr Narelle S Cox, Respiratory Research@Alfred, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia; narelle.cox{at}monash.edu Background ...