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

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science developed in the 1950s to imitate the human ability for solving ...

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 ...

Background Critical care medicine has historically relied on syndromic diagnoses such as sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute kidney injury to guide research and treatment.

Objectives Infliximab, an anti-TNF agent, is used to treat sarcoidosis that does not respond to corticosteroids or second-line agents. The efficacy of other anti-TNF agents, non-TNF biologics and ...

Background Owing to discrepancies in methodologies and how idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is diagnosed it is challenging to establish a consistent understanding of the disease burden In the UK, ...

Correspondence to Dr John Field, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, The University of Liverpool Cancer Research Centre, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of ...

Background The Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis (QOL-B), a self-administered, patient-reported outcome measure assessing symptoms, functioning and health-related quality of life for patients with ...

11 NIHR Health Protection Research Unit, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Purpose To ...

Correspondence to Dr Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; msafavi{at}mail.ubc.ca Background Low-dose oral ...

1 Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s and St.Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Since the Guideline, there is deeper understanding of referral characteristics, outcome measures, patient ...