Background Clinical studies have shown that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) can have beneficial effects ...

1 Department of Thoracic and HIV Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 3 Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, ...

Dr A Bush, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK email:a.bush{at}rbh.nthames.nhs.uk BACKGROUND The addition of long acting inhaled β ...

Of 49 patients undergoing operation for benign spontaneous pneumothorax, 28 (57%) were found to have a sharp first or second rib. In a series of 100 patients undergoing thoracotomy for other ...

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 ...

Background: The load imposed on ventilation by increased body mass contributes to the respiratory symptoms caused by obesity. A study was conducted to quantify ventilatory load and respiratory drive ...

1 The First Clinical Medical School of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China 2 The Second Clinical Medical School of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China 3 ...

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

2 Department of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Coventry University, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry, UK 3 Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, ...

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Introduction Laryngeal dysfunction can present as a spectrum of clinical presentations, including Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) and/or Chronic Cough (CC). ILO and CC can occur following an ...

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