Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.

Background Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as ...

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 ...

Air Travel Working Party: Dr R K Coker (chair), Dr D A R Boldy, Dr R Buchdahl, Mr D Cramer, Professor D Denison, Wing Commander D P Gradwell, Professor J M B Hughes, Dr J A Innes, Dr A O C Johnson, Dr ...

Background: Chronic cough is a common condition which has a significant impact on quality of life. Assessment and management are hampered by the absence of well validated outcome measures. The ...

Rationale: Dyspnoea is a debilitating and distressing symptom that is reflected in different verbal descriptors. Evidence suggests that dyspnoea, like pain perception, consists of sensory quality and ...

Correspondence to Distinguished Professor Charlie C Xue, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; charlie.xue{at}rmit.edu.au; Professor Lin Lin, The ...

1 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of ...

The longer-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection are uncertain. Consecutive patients hospitalised with COVID-19 were prospectively recruited to this observational study (n=163). At 8–12 weeks ...

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, ...

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 ...