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, ...

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 ...

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S Baudouin, S Blumenthal, B Cooper, C Davidson, A Davison, M Elliot, W Kinnear (Chairman), R Paton, E Sawicka, L Turner (Secretary) Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the provision of ...

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 ...

Rationale Several randomised controlled trials support the provision of early pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following hospitalisation for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands Background: The idea of ...

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0564, USA Dr R P Baughman. If you wish to reuse any or all of this ...

1 The James Hogg iCAPTURE Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 Department of Medicine (Pulmonary Division), University of British Columbia, Vancouver ...