Introduction and Objectives Surgical resection for lung cancer is physically and emotionally demanding for patients, with risks of complications and morbidity. Prehabilitation aims to maximise ...

Introduction Previous trials of telehealthcare for COPD have included enhanced clinical care compared with controls. It is therefore unclear if telehealthcare alone improves clinical outcomes and ...

BACKGROUND Auto-CPAP machines used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are designed to vary the treatment pressure automatically in order always to apply the actually needed pressure.

2 Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...

The myocardial fibres of the posterior wall of the atrio-venous junctions were examined in 35 large domestic mammals. In the majority of specimens a common pattern in the course and organization of ...

Introduction We delivered a one-year weight management programme (Counterweight Plus, CWP) in participants with difficult-to-treat asthma and obesity in a single-centre randomised controlled trial ...

Background: With the decrease in junior doctor hours, the advent of specialist registrars, and the availability of highly trained and experienced nursing personnel, the service needs of patients with ...

A case of primary tuberculosis of the oesophagus is presented; the patient was successfully treated by oesophagectomy. The condition, being rare, has stimulated the authors to review the literature ...

Background Our regional assisted ventilation service has a cohort of almost 1000 patients receiving Long Term Ventilation (LTV) in the community. The clinical review of these patients has historically ...

Introduction The introduction of the two week rule (TWR) cancer referral system aimed to expedite the diagnosis and treatment of patients with lung cancer. There have been concerns that the system may ...

3 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr Stefano Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Pulmonology, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 3 ...