Correspondence to: Dr J Pepke-Zaba, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, UK; joanna.pepkezaba{at}papworth.nhs.uk Background: Atrial septostomy (AS) ...

2 Department of Physiology, GRISSUL (Group of Research of Institute of Sports Sciences), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Objective Postural stability depends on the coordination of the ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, ROC 2 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC Dr C-J Yu, Department of Internal ...

Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Summers, Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, Box 93, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK; ...

Ectodomain shedding is the proteolytic cleavage of cell surface proteins resulting in the loss of the extracellular domains. This mechanism is important in a variety of normal and pathological ...

University College London Hospitals, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA, UK Dr P J M George. If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...

"Science means constantly walking a tight rope" Heinrich Rohrer, physicist, 1933. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death from infectious disease worldwide and ...

Background: Quadriceps weakness and loss of muscle mass predict mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It was hypothesised that a reduced quadriceps cross-sectional area could be ...

Rationale The most common antibiotic used to treat people with cystic fibrosis (PWCF) is inhaled tobramycin, administered as maintenance therapy for chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections.

4 Members of the British Paediatric Respiratory Society Empyema Study Group: A Bush and M Rosenthal, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London; T Edmunds, Sick Children's NHS Trust Edinburgh; W ...

Background: The usefulness of induced sputum in searching for causative agents of pneumonia in children has not been studied. Methods: The study involved 101 children, aged 6 months to 15 years, ...

Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr J R Hurst Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free & University College ...