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Tracheal Stenosis: One Region Experience

Tracheal stenosis (TS) after long-term artificial lung ventilation remains a problem in the Russian region. In the Urals region during…

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Digital Support for Wheeze Detection in Young Children

Wheeze is difficult to describe and recognise, and there is a need for clear guidelines on diagnosing wheeze. Discrepancy exists between…

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Skeletal Muscle Afferent Sensitivity in Interstitial Lung Disease: An Interim Analysis

Dyspnoea and exercise intolerance are near universal symptoms in fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD).1 Neither anti-fibrotic agents…

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Improving Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in 2021: Approaches to Empower Patients

This symposium took place during the 2021 virtual meeting of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). It focused on improving the…

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Latest ERS Guidelines on non-CPAP Therapies in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

During the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2021, speakers discussed the latest updates to the ERS…

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Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Self-Experience Study

Pneumomediastinum (PM) is a rare pathological entity that is divided into two categories: secondary, with a well-known aetiology, and…

Interview: Sarah Walmsley

As a medical student in Edinburgh, I was inspired by the opportunities in Edinburgh to combine clinical and basic science research in respiratory medicine.

Interview: Andres Floto

I have always been incredibly interested in science and in trying to understand how things work. My first degree was in natural sciences at Cambridge, UK, where I specialised in neurobiology, and this exposed me to the beauty and rigor of basic science.

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Pulmonary Embolism in Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia: Under-reported?

Vaccination is currently the most powerful tool for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.1 In large randomised controlled trials, the approved vaccines have shown good efficacy and safety.2 However, there is increasing concern about the safety of the adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccines of AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) and Janssen (Ad26.COV2.S).

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Stroke in a Patient with Recurrent Meningeal Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that an estimated 10.0 million people (range: 8.9–11.0 million) became ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2019. There were an estimated 1.2 million TB deaths (range: 1.1–1.3 million) among people who were HIV-negative in 2019 and an additional 208,000 deaths (range: 177,000–242,000) among people who were HIV-positive.