Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.
A 13-year-old boy with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) had progressive severe cystic bronchiectasis of the left middle and lower lobes on serial CT scans, in the context of situs inversus totalis and ...
Individuals born extremely preterm (EP-born) must complete lung development outside the uterus, affecting the maturation and growth of airways and alveoli. They often show signs of both obstructive ...
The number of asthma deaths among children and young people (CYP) in the UK has remained stubbornly constant despite advances in medication, delivery systems and maintenance and reliever therapy ...
Risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma in school-age children from high-income and low- and middle-income countries ...
1 NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, Harefield, UK 2 Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield ...
Background The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) is a simple 10-item, health-related quality of life questionnaire (HRQoL) with good psychometric properties. However, little data exists regarding the ...
3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...
Correspondence to Henrik Johansson, Department of Neuroscience/Physiotherapy, Uppsala University, Box 593 BMC, Uppsala 751 24, Sweden; henrik.johansson{at}neuro.uu.se ...
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 ...
1 Department of Thoracic and HIV Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 3 Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, ...
1 Centre for Workplace Health, Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, UK 2 Centre for Workplace Health, University of Sheffield, UK 3 Respiratory Function Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, ...