We studied six patients With Isolated bilateral paralysis or severe weakness of the diaphragm,
present for 2 to 60 months (mean= 25), to document the clinical and respiratory sequelae …

To examine the role of delay in recovery of peripheral muscle function following exercise in
the fatigue experienced by patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to examine …

REM-related oxygen desaturation occurs in advanced Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
and might be an independent predictor of disease progression. We have followed 18 …

General hospitals have commonly involved a wide range of medical specialists in the care
of unselected medical emergency admissions. In 1999, the Royal Liverpool University …

Background Analytic morphometry is a novel concept in perioperative risk assessment. Low
core muscle mass assessed by morphometry is associated with frailty and has been …

Two patients are described with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and chronic peripheral
neuropathy. Both had dyspnoea, orthopnoea, and evidence of severe diaphragm weakness. …

This study aims to investigate background noise levels and noise sources in geriatric ward,
and to examine the sound fields of the patient room. Acoustic measurements were carried …

A previously well 36 year old man presented with cardiac tamponade as the initial
manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. This diagnosis should, therefore, be …

Hypercalcaemia is an unusual but well recognized complication of active pulmonary tuberculosis
(1, 2). The pathogenesis of this disorder, and of the hypercalcaemia occurring in other …

Lisa Joan Fook was the first born of Joan and Gerry Fook on the 2 June 1967 at Oxford Street
Maternity Hospital, Liverpool. When only 7 weeks old she was cared for by her maternal …