Background High-level exposure to crystalline silica dust is the key factor in silicosis. Long-term exposure to low-level silica dust, for example, lower than that in occupational exposure limits, ...
Background The diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) can pose a challenge as the pulmonary function test (PFT) is only ...
Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...
Background Inhaled mannitol provokes bronchoconstriction via mediators released during osmotic degranulation of inflammatory cells, and, hence represents a useful diagnostic test for asthma and model ...
History of Medicine Department, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Correspondence to Dr Marianna Karamanou, History of Medicine Department, Medical School, University of Athens, 4 ...
Correspondence to Michael A Mitchell, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; MichaelA.Mitchell{at}lhsc.on.ca Background Pleural ...
Intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW) is now a well-known entity complicating critical illness. It increases mortality and in the critical illness survivor it is associated with physical ...
Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Dr A M W J Schols, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and ...
3 Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China Background Dyslipidaemia is an intermediary exacerbation factor for various ...
Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford and Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK Correspondence to: Professor J R Stradling Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, University of ...