Objective Postural stability depends on the coordination of the central nervous system with visual sense, proprioceptive and vestibular information. Sleep deprivation has been shown to affect this ...

Rationale Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease. Interaction between inflammatory cells and activated platelets is important ...

Rationale Despite high prevalence of e-cigarette use (vaping), little is currently known regarding the health effects of secondhand nicotine vape exposure. Objective To investigate whether exposure to ...

Objective To evaluate the surgical outcomes following neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy and surgery for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Methods Prospective analysis on all consecutive ...

Introduction Patients with chronic cardiorespiratory diseases commonly present with chronic breathlessness and there are well-described delays in diagnosis. The impact of delays to diagnosis in adults ...

Introduction Better patient selection for non-invasive ventilation (NIV), and time to NIV initiation, are national improvement objectives.1Treatment escalation planning (TEP) was also identified ...

Background Singing for Lung Health (SLH) is an arts-based non-pharmacological intervention for people with long-term respiratory conditions that aims to improve symptoms and quality of life (QOL).

Introduction Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) is common and often Results in disabling breathlessness. Non-expansile lung (NEL) frequently complicates pleural drainage, resulting in talc pleurodesis ...

Chronic cough or cough that lasts more than 8 weeks, once a chest x-ray and spirometry are confirmed normal, is caused by an alteration in a section of the route between peripheral receptors, mainly ...

Background Smoking has been considered an important risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) incidence. However, there are no population-based large-scale studies demonstrating the effects ...

Sputum induction (SI) by inhalation of nebulised hypertonic saline is an efficient and non-invasive way of obtaining samples to assess airway inflammation and diagnose pulmonary infections such as ...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a worldwide threat and effective antiviral drugs and vaccines are being developed in a joint global effort. However, some elderly and ...