Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is the cornerstone of non-pharmacological treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yet fatigue often persists despite rehabilitation. We ...

In a large randomized trial, treating patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with high-flow oxygen didn't improve survival compared with standard oxygen. However, high-flow oxygen did ...

Hospitalised adults with SARS‑CoV‑2, parainfluenza virus, or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are more likely to develop acute respiratory failure than those with influenza A/B infection — ...

Adolescents and young adults on TMP-SMX have a higher 30-day risk of acute respiratory failure than those on amoxicillin or cephalosporins. The study supports the FDA's warning about TMP-SMX, with ...

A series of portable respiratory function tests for patients with mild to moderate myasthenia gravis (MG) were found to be useful methods to diagnose previously unidentified at-risk cases for ...

The change of seasons could influence your patients’ respiratory health, and they may be sharing information during your discussions about how they are feeling. To explain the impact of changing ...

Patients died and others deteriorated in "suffocating atmospheres" because of the summer heat on NHS hospital wards, a survey ...