Anxiety and/or depression are common in fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) but with unclear treatment implications. A prospective multicentre registry of 4009 patients was used to evaluate the ...

A full-term male infant (39+4 weeks, 4125 g) was born following an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. Apgar scores were 9 ...

3 Precision Medicine Centre of Excellence, Health Sciences Building, The Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK 4 Genomics Core Technology Unit, Queen’s ...

Introduction Equitable delivery of high-quality care is challenging in mesothelioma. Previous UK audits report variable practice and outcomes. The Scottish Mesothelioma Network was launched in April ...

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Asthma is a common lung disease and outcomes in the UK are among the worst in Europe. The overuse of short-acting beta agonist and underuse of anti-inflammatory, inhaled corticosteroid-containing ...

Introduction Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease of high morbidity and mortality. We previously identified a novel subset of pathological fibroblasts, characterised by CTHRC1 expression, ...

Background Short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) overuse is associated with increased asthma exacerbations and mortality, yet its impact on cardiovascular disease remains unclear. We investigate the ...

Respiratory follow-up of children and adults born prematurely thus far has largely focused on those with the diagnostic label of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) which is assigned early in life.1 ...

Introduction and objectives Inhalers are widely used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For patients to gain maximum benefit they need to be educated by ...

Background Rare cystic lung diseases are increasingly recognised due the wider application of CT scanning making cystic lung disease management a growing part of respiratory care. Cystic lung diseases ...

Introduction and Objectives Acute exposure of pulmonary vascular endothelial cells to pathological hypoxia initiates the secretion of pro-inflammatory mediators and increases the expression of ...