Background Protein availability critically influences innate immune reactivity and the extent of immune-mediated tissue ...

Introduction Physical exercise has been used to assist smoking cessation, but supervised programmes are bounded by limited ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are a significant cause of morbidity and ...

Introduction Patients with chronic bronchitis suffer high morbidity and rapid functional decline; thus, novel treatments are ...

Surveillance systems at the population level are of crucial importance to track diseases and detect trends over time. Among other benefits, these tools allow us to understand the distribution of ...

Correspondence to Amanda Corley, Critical Care Research Group, Level 5 CSB, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; amanda.corley{at}health.qld.gov.au The ...

S Baudouin, S Blumenthal, B Cooper, C Davidson, A Davison, M Elliot, W Kinnear (Chairman), R Paton, E Sawicka, L Turner (Secretary) Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the provision of ...

1 Technical University of Munich ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, Freising, Germany 6 German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Borstel, Germany To examine the ...

1 Service de Pneumologie and UPRES EA 2511, Université René Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France 2 Laboratoire d’Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, ...

Objective People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have substantial palliative care needs, but uncertainty exists around appropriate identification of patients for palliative ...

Rationale/Objectives Despite plausible pathophysiological mechanisms, research is needed to confirm the relationship between sleep, circadian rhythm and delirium in patients admitted to the intensive ...

Background It is unknown if adults born <28 weeks or <1000 g since surfactant has been available are reaching their full airway growth potential. Objective To compare expiratory airflow at 25 years ...