Background Prior work suggests different interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that share the radiological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern have an overall worse prognosis. However, ...

Background The diagnosis and management of pneumonia is often challenging due to its overlapping clinical presentations with ...

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive cardiopulmonary condition associated with increased morbidity and ...

Introduction In Hong Kong, tuberculin skin test (TST) with a 15 mm cut-off was used at 0 and 3 months for contact screening, but half of future tuberculosis cases might be missed. Follow-on interferon ...

Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose CT has been proven to reduce lung cancer-specific mortality in high-risk individuals. However, there has been a lot of concern regarding false-positive scans ...

Introduction Ambient formaldehyde (HCHO) is globally distributed, posing significant exposure to vast populations, particularly vulnerable demographics such as children. Investigations into the ...

In this issue of Thorax , Czepiel et al report the results of a double-blind randomised controlled trial of an oral agent, hymecromone, in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH).1 The authors ...

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 ...

Impact of long-term non-invasive ventilation on severe exacerbations and survival in COPD: a French nationwide cohort study using multistate models ...

Background Little is known about the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with established CVD. Knowing if COPD is associated ...