Introduction Efficient preventive management of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is ...

Methods We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis in the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST) population comparing three ...

Background The prompt and precise diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is crucial for controlling this disease and ...

Airway-occluding mucus plugs (MPs)—as identified on CT scans—are frequent in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Introduction People diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) after death (postmortem) experience the ultimate diagnostic delay. We ...

Background Previous studies have shown that the incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is rising in the UK and USA. Death registrations and primary care data were used to determine the ...

A 65-year-old male, who does not smoke, with a history of right lower lobectomy for carcinoid tumour 15 years prior, was referred for persistent, unexplained cough over 12 months. This was ...

Reduction of the risk of asthma attacks is a major goal of current asthma management. We propose to derive a risk scale predicting asthma attacks based on the blood eosinophil count and exhaled nitric ...

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 ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

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Background Despite exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being both common and often fatal, accurate prognostication of patients hospitalised with an exacerbation is difficult.