Critical illness poses a significant global health challenge, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries ...

Background The sit-to-stand (STS) test can assess physical function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, there are multiple versions. No study has used current ...

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Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Summers, Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, Box 93, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK; ...

Background: Smokers are more prone to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than non-smokers, but this finding comes from studies spanning 10 years or less. The aim of this study was to ...

Thoracic Oncology Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to: Dr M D Peake Thoracic Oncology Unit and Institute for Lung Health, Department of ...

Background: The aim of this study was to identify key factors on admission predicting the development of complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema in patients admitted with community-acquired ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...

Introduction Chest binders are garments used for compression of breast tissue by transgender individuals. Deleterious consequences of binder reported include shortness of breath with associated ...

Dr C Kolappan, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Mayor V R Ramanathan Road, Chetput, Chennai-600 031, India; kola155{at}rediffmail.com Objective: To quantify the association between biomass fuel usage and ...

Background An as-needed combination preventer and reliever regimen was recently introduced as an alternative to conventional daily preventer treatment for mild asthma. In a subgroup analysis of the ...