Of 49 patients undergoing operation for benign spontaneous pneumothorax, 28 (57%) were found to have a sharp first or second rib. In a series of 100 patients undergoing thoracotomy for other ...
Introduction Laryngeal dysfunction can present as a spectrum of clinical presentations, including Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) and/or Chronic Cough (CC). ILO and CC can occur following an ...
A structural and metabolic framework for classifying pre-clinical tuberculosis infection phenotypes using 18F-FDG PET-CT: a prospective cohort analysis following M. tuberculosis exposure ...
2 Department of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Coventry University, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry, UK 3 Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, ...
Background: The load imposed on ventilation by increased body mass contributes to the respiratory symptoms caused by obesity. A study was conducted to quantify ventilatory load and respiratory drive ...
Department of Chemical Pathology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr Heather Milburn, Chest Clinic, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Street, London SE1 9RT, UK; heather.milburn{at}gstt.nhs ...
Adenosine is a purine nucleoside which mediates a variety of cellular responses relevant to asthma and COPD through interaction with specific receptors. Administration of adenosine by inhalation to ...
Background: The usefulness of induced sputum in searching for causative agents of pneumonia in children has not been studied. Methods: The study involved 101 children, aged 6 months to 15 years, ...
Correspondence to Michael A Mitchell, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; MichaelA.Mitchell{at}lhsc.on.ca Background Pleural ...
3 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Correspondence to Dr Pierre Ernst, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, ...
Department of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine & Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6LY, UK Professor K F Chung. METHODS A study was ...