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 ...

1 Clinical Epidemiology and Health Service Evaluation Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia and Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, ...

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 ...

Background Many studies show a link between forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1) and survival in the general population and this has been interpreted as a link between airway obstruction and ...

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Home Oxygen Guideline provides detailed evidence-based guidance for the use of home oxygen for patients out of hospital. Although the majority of evidence comes from ...

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Background The aim of this study was to estimate the long-term (cost-) effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods A ...

Rationale Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective, key standard treatment for people with COPD. Nevertheless, low participant uptake, insufficient attendance and high drop-out rates are reported ...

1 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos Hospital, “M Simou and G P Livanos Laboratories”, Athens, Greece 2 ...

Background and objective: The initial results of a survey of 588 patients with a clinical presentation of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) also known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, have been ...

Correspondence to Dr Minal S Kale, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; minal.kale{at}mountsinai.org ...

Introduction Nebulised mucolytics (hypertonic saline) and antibiotics are important therapies in the management of patients with non-CF bronchiectasis. These therapies are not without complications ...