Introduction Colonisation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a complication of bronchiectasis and chronic bronchitis and is associated with more severe disease and lower quality of life. Colomycin ...

Background The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical care offers significant potential to enhance early diagnosis, predict patient deterioration, personalise treatment and inform ...

Introduction Fibroblastic foci represent the cardinal pathogenic lesion in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and comprise activated fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, the key effector cells responsible ...

We report on the outcome of 114 COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) survivors evaluated at 3, 6 and 12 months after intensive care unit discharge with assessment of physical ...

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 ...

Introduction Shift work causes misalignment between internal circadian time and the external light/dark cycle and is associated with metabolic disorders and cancer. Approximately 20% of the working ...

Introduction Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is shown to be feasible in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), highlighting its prospective use as an outcome measure for prognostic ...

This document is the result of a joint initiative by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) to produce detailed ...

### Steering group Julia Bott (Chair), support to Section 6, Consultant Physiotherapist, Surrey PCT NW Locality Sheric Ellum, support to Section 5, Consultant Physiotherapist, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS ...

Large numbers of people are being discharged from hospital following COVID-19 without assessment of recovery. In 384 patients (mean age 59.9 years; 62% male) followed a median 54 days post discharge, ...

### Philosophy of the guideline ### Assessing patients Figure 1 Chart 1: Oxygen prescription for acutely hypoxaemic patients in hospital. ABG, arterial blood gas; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Objective Asthma and type 2 diabetes are two important causes of morbidity globally. We examined both the association of type 2 diabetes with asthma in Swedish adults and the familial co-aggregation ...