5 Frederick Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Correspondence to Dr Alastair Proudfoot, Frederick Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, 100 ...

Rationale Interlobar fissure integrity has previously correlated with responsiveness to endobronchial lung volume reduction therapy in patients with advanced emphysema. Objective This report ...

Background The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical care offers significant potential to enhance early ...

Objectives Recent falls in CF admissions have been attributed to reduced exacerbations (PEx) in patients on CFTR modulators. We aimed to understand how these have affected the presentation and course ...

COPD is set to become the third leading cause of death globally by 2023. To date, we have no significant disease modifying therapies. COPD patients experience chronic inflammation and defective innate ...

12 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to Dr Wan C Tan, UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart+Lung Institute, University of ...

Background Increased expression of TRPV1 receptors in the airways of chronic cough patients and heightened cough responses to inhaled capsaicin are suggestive of a role for TRPV1 receptors in chronic ...

Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr S Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave, PO ...

5 The Research Center of Experimental Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 6 The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 7 ...

Chronic cough (CC) is common, predominantly affecting middle-aged females. Sufferers experience significantly impaired quality of life (QoL). Cough is associated with increased healthcare costs.

Objective: A study was undertaken to estimate the cost-effectiveness of using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in the management of patients with severe obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea ...

Correspondence to Dr Hualiang Lin, Department of Epidemiology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; linhualiang{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Professor Yunfeng Zou, ...