A 64-year-old male retired firefighter and never-smoker presented to the ventilation team with a 6-month history of ...

We present the case of a 45-year-old man who reported 2 years of cough and expectoration and 1 year of dyspnoea. He had a ...

Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Immunology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK Correspondence to: Professor N C Thomson, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 ...

The epidemiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is reviewed with particular reference to the definition, frequency, time course, natural history and seasonality, and ...

Department of Physiological Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK Correspondence to: Ms S Spencer, Department of Physiological Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical ...

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; ...

Correspondence to Professor Adam T Hill, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH16 4SA, UK; adam.hill318{at}nhs.net The new British Thoracic Society ...

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...

2 Department of Experimental Medicine, Human Physiology Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy 3 Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Skeletal muscles are ...

BACKGROUND In acute asthma the optimal duration of treatment with combination β agonist and anticholinergic nebuliser solutions is unknown; most studies have investigated single doses or treatment for ...