Rationale Residual sleep apnoea—defined by an Apnoea-Hypopnoea Index ≥10 events/hour—affects~20% of obstructive sleep apnoea patients treated with positive airway pressure therapy and poses a major ...

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, ...

Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, London, UK Correspondence to: Professor H R Anderson Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, ...

S Baudouin, S Blumenthal, B Cooper, C Davidson, A Davison, M Elliot, W Kinnear (Chairman), R Paton, E Sawicka, L Turner (Secretary) Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the provision of ...

Background Strategies for identifying normotensive patients with acute symptomatic PE at high risk of PE-related complications remain to be defined. Methods This prospective cohort study aimed to ...

In 2018 we published the James Lind Alliance (JLA) top 10 priorities for clinical research in cystic fibrosis (CF), chosen jointly by the patient and clinical communities. These priorities have led to ...

BACKGROUND The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) ...

Introduction and Objective Assessing the prevalence of respiratory viruses in stable and acute asthma is necessary to clarify the role of these viruses in the aetiology of asthma exacerbations. This ...

1 Oxford Pleural Disease Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 Centre for Respiratory Research, University College London, London, UK Dr Robert J O Davies ...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes improve the health of patients disabled by lung disease but their cost effectiveness is unproved. We undertook a cost/utility analysis in conjunction ...