Reduced diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) reflects microvasculopathy in chronic thromboembolic ...

Introduction Integrating smoking cessation supports into lung cancer screening can improve abstinence rates. However, ...

Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...

The treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been guided for decades by robust clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), such as NICE1 and GesEPOC,2 as well as international ...

The rationale for subphenotyping acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) arises from its marked biological and clinical ...

Objective Anxiety affects up to one-third of adults with asthma and is linked to poorer disease outcomes and reduced quality ...

Objective NEWS2 (RCP 2017) 1 recommends use of ‘SpO2 Scale 2’ in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure (usually due to COPD) to aim target saturations of 88–92%. We aimed to identify if COPD ...

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Objectives In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations (ECOPDs) impose significant morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines emphasise using ECOPD history to ...

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Comparative efficacy in smokers with versus without COPD: a new addition of an old drug to approved pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation ...

Background Decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) over time reliably predicts mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The use of this measure in clinical practice is recommended by ...