BACKGROUND The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) ...

Correspondence to Dr Hualiang Lin, Department of Epidemiology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China; linhualiang{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Professor Yunfeng Zou, ...

Background: Respiratory muscle weakness is an important clinical problem. Tests of varying complexity and invasiveness are available to assess respiratory muscle strength. The relative precision of ...

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...

Background Strategies for identifying normotensive patients with acute symptomatic PE at high risk of PE-related complications remain to be defined. Methods This prospective cohort study aimed to ...

Introduction and Objectives The current BTS oxygen guideline recommends a target oxygen saturation range of 94–98% for acutely ill patients not at risk of hypercapnia whilst the TSANZ guideline ...

Correspondence to Dr John Harvey, North Bristol Lung Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; john.harvey{at}nbt.nhs.uk Secondary pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with underlying lung disease ...

MRC and Asthma-UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma, King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Catherine M Hawrylowicz, Department of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science, 5th ...

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis are common diagnoses in patients attending chest clinics, but little is known about the epidemiology of these diseases. We used data ...

Correspondence to Prof Stephen C Bourke, Respiratory Medicine, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields NE29 8NH, UK; stephen.bourke{at}nhct.nhs.uk Background The National Early Warning Score 2 ...

Background The use of 3D imaging with navigation bronchoscopy has increased with the introduction of mobile cone-beam CT (mCBCT). Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) integrated with ...

1 Oxford Pleural Disease Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 Centre for Respiratory Research, University College London, London, UK Dr Robert J O Davies ...