Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.

Background Compared with cytotoxic chemotherapy, the efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for patients ...

Individuals born extremely preterm (EP-born) must complete lung development outside the uterus, affecting the maturation and growth of airways and alveoli. They often show signs of both obstructive ...

The number of asthma deaths among children and young people (CYP) in the UK has remained stubbornly constant despite advances in medication, delivery systems and maintenance and reliever therapy ...

Background Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as ...

1 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of ...

Risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma in school-age children from high-income and low- and middle-income countries ...

For decades, most critical care patients have survived hospitalisation, supporting increased attention on the long-term ...

Background: A study was undertaken to explore the pathway to diagnosis among a group of patients recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: A directed interview study triangulating patients’ ...

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2 Department of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Coventry University, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry, UK 3 Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, ...

Background: Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) measured the global prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms in children. Methods: A cross-sectional ...