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Nov 4, 2024 · Thorax is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.. Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery.Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice.
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Editorials. Inequalities in care and the burden of wheeze and asthma in young children from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds (17 August, 2024) Björn Nordlund. Harm from tobacco: a common thread (11 September, 2024) Sanjay Agrawal. Editorial of utility of the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) for ILD (25 September, 2024)
British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on chronic cough in adults
Chronic cough (CC) is common, predominantly affecting middle-aged females. Sufferers experience significantly impaired quality of life (QoL). Cough is associated with increased healthcare costs. Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of cough have not yet widely embedded in routine clinical practice in the UK.
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease | Thorax
The following is a summary of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for pleural disease and includes a summary of the guideline recommendations and good practice points (GPPs). The full guideline is published as a separate Thorax Supplement1 and is available from the BTS website.2 Please refer to the full guideline for full information about each section.1 All online supplemental ...
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease | Thorax
Since the last British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for pleural disease published in 2010, 3–9 many high-quality and practice changing studies, using patient-centred outcomes, have been published. The paradigms for the investigation and management of …
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Authors. Thorax is one of the world’s leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice.
British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pleural procedures
Jul 1, 2023 · A total of 21 659 pleural aspirations or drain insertions were conducted in England in 2019/2020 with a combined cost of £13.4 million.1 There are now a variety of different pleural procedures, which have different invasiveness, risks and benefits, and an abundance of data driving high-quality practice in interventional pleural practice. In the context of a number of national safety alerts ...
S91 Tozorakimab (anti-IL-33 mAb) reduces mucus plugging in …
Introduction Mucus plugging in COPD is associated with airflow obstruction, poor health-related quality of life and high all-cause mortality. Preclinical studies have shown that tozorakimab reduces mucus hypersecretion in cultured COPD epithelial cells. Objective Assess the impact of tozorakimab on mucus plugs using computed tomography (CT) imaging. Methods The FRONTIER-4 phase 2 study ...
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Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, critical care, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice.
BTS Clinical Statement on air travel for passengers with respiratory ...
BTS recommendations for managing passengers with stable respiratory disease planning air travel were published in Thorax in 2011.1 This followed original guidance published in 20022 and an online update in 2004.3 The 2011 recommendations provided an expert consensus view based on literature reviews, aimed at providing practical advice for lung specialists in secondary care. Recognising that ...