Methods Fifty-nine cases of abdominal tuberculosis were identified between 1992 and 2002
from the Tuberculosis Registry, Bradford hospitals. Fifty case records were available for …

Recent randomised controlled trials suggest non-invasive ventilation may offer benefit in the
long-term management of ventilatory failure in stable COPD. The best mode of ventilation is …

Background Compliance with CPAP treatment for OSAS is not reliably predicted by the severity
of symptoms or physiological variables. We examined a range of factors which could be …

Study Objectives: To look for an association between the vertical position of the hyoid, as
measured by the sella-hyoid (SH) distance and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). …

Pressure intolerance is a reason for poor acceptance and subsequent compliance in some
patients starting treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). In unselected …

Under the Department of Health’s (DH)£ 20bn information technology project for England,
Connecting for Health (CfH), 1, 2 all hospital trusts have been obliged to take contracts for the …

Background and objective Reduced atmospheric pressure during air travel can cause significant
hypoxaemia in some patients with respiratory disease. Our aims were to investigate the …

BACKGROUND: The degree of arterial hypoxemia during air travel in individuals with
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not known. The Aerospace Medical Association considers a …

SIR, We write in response to the comments made by Batsi Chikura and colleagues [1] and
would like to emphasize the fact that our audit was a retrospective case note analysis of …

Introduction & Methods Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is used to treat chronic ventilatory
failure complicating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This randomised …