The present paper reviews current knowledge of the pulmonary cachexia syndrome with
reference to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Aspects of incidence, aetiology …

Background The National Early Warning Score (NEWS), proposed as a standardised track
and trigger system, may perform less well in acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). This …

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) recently published the National Early Warning Score
2 (NEWS2), aiming to improve safety for patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure by …

In response to Inoue et al. report of severe acute interstitial pneumonia and gefitinib [1] and
Teramoto et al. subsequent correspondence [2], we would like to report a case of suspected …

Tracheo-bronchial glomus tumours are rare, usually benign tumours of modified smooth muscle
cells. They commonly present as non-specific respiratory symptoms of cough, dyspnoea …

Study objectives A proportion of patients with chronic airflow limitation (CAL) have a raised
resting energy expenditure (REE). The mechanism underlying this is not known. The …

Tobacco consumption is responsible for 8· 8% of deaths worldwide, 1 but the introduction of
plain pack legislation in Australia, a strategy intended particularly to make smoking less …

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) 1990 asthma guideline placed inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)
at the cornerstone of asthma management, resulting in marked improvement in asthma …

Aims & objectives: Individuals with COPD have increased risk of severe pneumonia and poor
outcomes when they develop SARS-CoV-2 (Hoffmann 2020). We hypothesised that there …

Various prescribing measures for asthma suggest suboptimal control (eg, excess prescribing
of short-acting beta2 agonist inhalers) and it is reported that the diagnosis of asthma is …