Background The British Thoracic Society (BTS) published the guideline,‘The use of non-invasive
ventilation in acute respiratory failure’, in 2002. 1 This was in response to trials …

Dear Editor, Recent clinical guidelines regarding the use of home non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during the COVID-19 epidemic have …

Background Poor adherence with inhaled corticosteroids is an important problem in asthma
management. Previous approaches to improving adherence have had limited success. Aim …

Guidelines British Thoracic Society/Intensive Care Society Guideline for the ventilatory
management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults

Introduction Acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) complicated by acute (acidaemic)
hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) requiring ventilation are common. When applied …

The two inhaled long-acting β 2 -adrenoceptor agonists, salmeterol and formoterol, have
been studied extensively since their introduction in the early 1990s. In this review we consider …

BACKGROUND: Transcutaneous carbon dioxide (P tcCO 2 ) monitoring is rarely used in the
acute hospital setting, where serial samples of arterial blood are instead taken to measure …

Background Isolated diaphragmatic palsy in the absence of progressive neuromuscular
disease is uncommon. It poses diagnostic challenges and limited data are available regarding …

… Martin a , Arun Khanna a , Dilip Srinivasan b , Milind P. Sovani a … Matthew Martin and Milind
Sovani report personal fees outside the submitted work. The other authors declare they have …

Unlike general anaesthesia, neuraxial anaesthesia (NA) reduces the burden and risk of
respiratory adverse events in the post-operative period. However, both patients affected by …