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

Objective Severe early-onset-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (SEO-COPD) represents the most severe form of COPD that ...

Association between overuse of short-acting β2-agonists and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with asthma ...

3 Pulmonary Division, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Professor Samy Suissa, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote ...

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 ...

Rationale Several randomised controlled trials support the provision of early pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following hospitalisation for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

1 School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 2 School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia Background The risk of malignant ...

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 ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...

Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound in suspected pulmonary embolism. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and ...

2 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 3 Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...