Objective We assessed associations between physical activity and lung function, and its decline, in the prospective population-based European Community Respiratory Health Survey cohort.

Background Previous studies have reported an association between weight increase and excess lung function decline in young adults followed for short periods. We aimed to estimate lung function ...

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1 National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London, UK 2 National Heart & Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London, UK Correspondence to Dr ...

Background: A study was undertaken to validate the modified American Thoracic Society (ATS) rule and two British Thoracic Society (BTS) rules for the prediction of ICU admission and mortality of ...

Background Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) was introduced across the UK in 2007 but the impact on clinical outcomes and health inequalities for children with CF is unclear.

BACKGROUND The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) ...

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, ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is present in >10% of all people admitted to critical care and is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Despite more than half a century since its ...

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1 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, ...

Rationale There are no population-based studies from sub-Saharan Africa describing longitudinal lung function in adults. Objectives To explore the lung function trajectories and their determinants, ...