Background Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. Visceral ...

Objective Severe early-onset-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (SEO-COPD) represents the most severe form of COPD that ...

Introduction Physical exercise has been used to assist smoking cessation, but supervised programmes are bounded by limited ...

The epidemiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is reviewed with particular reference to the definition, frequency, time course, natural history and seasonality, and ...

Surveillance systems at the population level are of crucial importance to track diseases and detect trends over time. Among other benefits, these tools allow us to understand the distribution of ...

1 Lung and Asthma Information Agency, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, UK 2 Division of Community Health Sciences: GP Section, University of Edinburgh, UK 3 ...

3 Department of Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden 4 Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden 5 ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, AZ Groeninge, ...

Correspondence to Amanda Corley, Critical Care Research Group, Level 5 CSB, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; amanda.corley{at}health.qld.gov.au The ...

Background Bronchiolisation of distal airspaces is an unexplained feature of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The authors sought to identify mechanisms driving the differentiation of mucus cells ...

Background New generation positional therapy devices provide vibrotactile feedback to patients with positional obstructive sleep apnoea (POSA), reducing supine sleep time and sleep apnoea severity.

Background: Caffeine is known to inhibit phosphodiesterases, to mobilise intracellular calcium, and to act as an antagonist at adenosine receptors, all of which can potentially alter nitric oxide (NO) ...