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

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 ...

Background: The 1997 BTS/RCP national audit of acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in terms of process of care has previously been reported. This paper describes from the same cases the ...

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 ...

2 Department of Physiology, GRISSUL (Group of Research of Institute of Sports Sciences), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Objective Postural stability depends on the coordination of the ...

Correspondence to Professor Heather J Zar, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, 5th Floor, ICH Building, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; heather.zar{at ...

4 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Västmanlands County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden 5 Department of Surgery, Västmanlands County Hospital, Västerås, Sweden Correspondence to: Dr G Myrdal Department of ...

Correspondence to: Dr J Pepke-Zaba, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, UK; joanna.pepkezaba{at}papworth.nhs.uk Background: Atrial septostomy (AS) ...