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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

aDivision of Pneumology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey, bDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty ...

Correspondence to: A O C Johnson, Department of General and Respiratory Medicine, Pontefract General Infirmary, Pontefract WF8 1PL, UK; owen.johnson{at}panp-tr.northy.nhs.uk For most passengers, even ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2 Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals RandD, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK 3 Respiratory and Immunology, Biometrics and Statistical Innovation, Late Respiratory ...