Introduction Patients with chronic bronchitis suffer high morbidity and rapid functional decline; thus, novel treatments are ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

3 Pulmonary Division, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Professor Samy Suissa, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote ...

7 Department of Radiology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia 8 Radiology Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 9 National Institute of Health ...

Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) causes debilitating breathlessness and predicting survival is challenging. This study aimed to obtain contemporary data on survival by underlying tumour ...

Background Parasympathetic pulmonary nerves release acetylcholine that induces smooth muscle constriction. Disruption of parasympathetic pulmonary nerves improves lung function and COPD symptoms. Aims ...

Background Low-dose CT screening can reduce lung cancer-related mortality. However, most screen-detected pulmonary abnormalities do not develop into cancer and it often remains challenging to identify ...

UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Background A recent ...

Introduction Integrating smoking cessation supports into lung cancer screening can improve abstinence rates. However, healthcare decision-makers need evidence of cost-effectiveness to understand the ...

6 Imperial College NHS Trust and NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity and health status in patients with COPD, but many patients ...