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Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery.Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice. This includes articles concerning basic …
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Clinical benefit of chronic non-invasive ventilation in severe stable ...
Purpose In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated with chronic non-invasive ventilation (NIV), the relation between improvements in nocturnal transcutaneous partial pressure of CO2 (PtcCO2) and daytime arterial partial pressure of CO2 (PaCO2) remains uncertain. Also, to what extent improvements in nocturnal PtcCO2 result in …
Lifetime lung function trajectories: insights into risk factors ...
Maintaining optimal lung function throughout life is important not only for respiratory health but also for overall health and longevity. With emerging evidence on the clinical significance of lung function at multiple windows throughout life, there has been an increasing number of studies on lung function trajectories1 including by Zhang et al in this issue.2 The term ‘lung function ...
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Corticosteroid therapy for treating acute exacerbation of …
Introduction Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD) often results in death and poses significant challenges in clinical management. While corticosteroids are frequently employed, the optimal regimen and their clinical efficacy remain uncertain. To address this knowledge gap, we undertook a systematic review to evaluate the impact of steroid therapy on clinical outcomes in ...
British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible …
Hypoxaemia. Patients should be monitored by continuous pulse oximetry during bronchoscopy. (Grade C) Oxygen supplementation should be used when desaturation is significant (pulse oximeter oxygen saturation (SpO 2)>4% change, or SpO 2 <90%) and prolonged (>1 min) to reduce the risk of hypoxaemia-related complications. (Grade D)
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease Mark E Roberts,1 Najib M Rahman ,2,3,4 Nick A Maskell,5 Anna C Bibby,5 Kevin G Blyth ,6,7 John P Corcoran ,8 Anthony Edey, 9 Matthew Evison ,10 Duneesha de Fonseka ,11 Rob Hallifax,12 Susan Harden,13 Iain Lawrie,14 Eric Lim,15 David McCracken,16 Rachel Mercer,17 Eleanor K Mishra ,18 Andrew G Nicholson,19
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Oct 16, 2024 · Original research: Implications of the 2022 lung function update and GLI global reference equations among patients with interstitial lung disease (24 September, 2024)
Type-2 inflammation: a key treatable trait associated with ... - Thorax
The chronic airways diseases, asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), are highly prevalent conditions causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Both are acknowledged to be heterogeneous with respect to clinical presentation, prognosis and driving mechanisms.1 Type-2 airway inflammation is arguably the most important and treatable underlying mechanism to identify,1 ...