Background Research questions To compare the efficacy of nintedanib and pirfenidone in
the treatment of progressive pulmonary fibrosis; and to compare the efficacy of anti-fibrotic …

Background Factors predisposing to increased mortality with COVID-19 infection have been
identified as male sex, hypertension, obesity, and increasing age. Early studies looking at …

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous environmental organisms that can cause
significant disease in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. The …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable and preventable disease caused by infection with mycobacteria
from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Approximately one-third (2.2 billion people…

Introduction We report the case of a patient with positive findings on a lung emission
tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan, with possible contra lateral mediastinal …

Background: Today, the elispot technique (T-Spot. TB) is used to identify subjects with both
latent and active tuberculosis. However differentiation between active and latent tuberculosis …

Smoking remains the single largest cause of preventable death, disability and health inequality.
Smoking tobacco directly contributes to over 500 000 hospital admissions each year, …

PURPOSE: The recent two waves of the pandemic have caused over 127,000 deaths in the
UK, with over 4.4 million cases and estimated global mortality of approximately 3 million …

Results: We received a 65%(N= 47) response rate. The respondents were consultant physicians
non respiratory (49%) and respiratory consultants (15%), the respiratory trainees and …

Materials and methods: We reviewed the admission data of a large teaching hospital using
Medway data (computerised patient information systems). We identified inpatient episodes …