Introduction Fluoroquinolones can cause severe collagen-associated adverse effects, potentially impacting the pulmonary ...

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 ...

4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to: Dr D Breen, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW ...

Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK Correspondence to: Dr C S Garrard, Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; chris.garrard{at}clinical-medicine ...

1 Centre for Respiratory Failure and Sleep Disorders, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2050 and Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 2 Human Nutrition ...

Guidelines on contraindications for lung function tests have been based on expert opinion from >30 years ago. High-risk contraindications to lung function testing are associated with cardiovascular ...

1 Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, UK 3 Queen Mary ...

The mechanism of thrombocytopenia during acute pulmonary hypertension (PH) decompensation may be partly due to platelet aggregation in the lung. Platelet aggregates in explanted lung from 16 lung ...

2 Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK 3 Greenwich Primary Care Trust, London, UK 4 Croydon Primary Care Trust, London, UK Background The COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) ...

1 Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK 2 Department of Molecular ...

Background Childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD) encompasses a group of rare heterogeneous respiratory conditions associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Reports suggest that many ...

Dr E Hnizdo, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS PB 163, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to establish the chronic effect of ...