The subdivisions of the lung volume, pulmonary mechanics, and resting steady state pulmonary transfer factor were measured in 31 patients with bronchographically proven bronchiectasis. In seven ...

Background The Global Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 revision recommends the multidimensional assessment of COPD including comorbidities and has developed a ...

Clinical Research Unit at the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany Professor R Bals, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, ...

Correspondence to Robert A Stockley, Lung Investigation Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK; rob.stockley{at}uhb.nhs.uk Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is ...

Respiratory Department of Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain ...

3 The Academic Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 4 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK 5 Respiratory Medicine Unit, ...

Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Dr A M W J Schols, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and ...

Rationale Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common indication for domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but long-term outcomes data are limited. Objective This multistate ...

Correspondence to Dr Audrey Winter, Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Imaging Informatics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; audrey.winter89{at}gmail.com Introduction We ...

Background: Chronic cough is a common condition which has a significant impact on quality of life. Assessment and management are hampered by the absence of well validated outcome measures. The ...

Department of Maternal and Paediatric Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy Correspondence to Nicola Principi, Department ...