Correspondence to Elisabeth Edvardsen, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, P.O. Box 4953 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway; elisabeth.edvardsen{at}nih.no Background Many ...

a Wellington Asthma Research Group, Wellington School of Medicine, P.O. Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand, b Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute, P. O. Box 95, Kuopio, ...

BACKGROUND Two recent reviews have assessed the effect of parental smoking on respiratory disease in children. METHODS The results of the systematic quantitative review published as a series inThorax ...

Correspondence to Dr Henrik Hansen, Respiratory Research Unit, Hvidovre Hospital Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre 2650, Denmark; henrik.hansen.09{at}regionh.dk Home-based pulmonary ...

Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and London Chest Hospital, London, UK Dr J A Wedzicha, Academic Respiratory Medicine, Dominion House, ...

Background Vitamin A, an essential micronutrient obtained through the diet, plays a crucial role in lung development and contributes to lung regeneration. We aimed to investigate its effect on adult ...

Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...

This is an account of the life and work of Robert Koch (1843-1910), Nobel Laureate in Medicine and a founder of the science of bacteriology. In particular, Koch's researches into tuberculosis are ...

Background Severe obesity causes respiratory morbidity and mortality. The impact of obesity on the mechanics of breathing is not fully understood. Conclusions Obese subjects have markedly increased ...

Obesity is a major problem from a public health perspective and a difficult practical matter for intensivists. The obesity pandemic has required treating clinicians to develop an appreciation of the ...

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Dr J P Lynch III, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical ...

BACKGROUND The British Thoracic Society (BTS) developed a rule (BTSr) based on severity criteria to predict short term mortality in adults admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia (CAP).