BACKGROUND Acute lower respiratory tract illness in previously well adults is usually labelled as acute bronchitis and treated with antibiotics without establishing the aetiology. Viral infection is ...

Introduction It is well established that when associated with infection, pleural effusions carry a significant morbidity and mortality. Sonographic septations are assumed to be associated with poor ...

Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK Correspondence to: Dr M W Elliott Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett ...

The North West Lung Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK Dr A Bentley The North West Lung Centre, University Hospital of South ...

The pathophysiology of residual sleepiness in treated obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) remains poorly understood. Animal models ...

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

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...

Superseded By 2013 Guideline: British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001 Feb; 56(Suppl 1): 1–21.

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

Background The natural history and time course of the onset of exacerbation events of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is incompletely understood. Methods A prospective cohort of 212 ...

Background Sampling of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) abutting the pleura carries a higher risk of pneumothorax and complications. Although typically performed with image-guided transthoracic ...

Background Despite biomarker-guided initiation, non- or loss of response to biologic therapy occurs in a minority of patients with severe asthma. In cases of treatment failure, it is important to ...