Latest Respiratory medicine articles from the BMJ

Antibody against RSV helps prevent wheeze in infants

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:03:01 +0100

A man with bilateral loin pain

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:56:53 +0100

Metabolic alkalosis in a patient with dyspnoea

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:03:48 +0100

Measles and stroke show why healthcare must innovate

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:54:56 +0100

Slightly higher risk of another cancer after a first non-melanoma skin cancer

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:43:00 +0100

Swimming improves fitness in children with asthma

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:32:07 +0100

Use of serum C reactive protein and procalcitonin concentrations in addition to symptoms and signs to predict pneumonia in patients presenting to primary care with acute cough: diagnostic study

Tue, 30 April 2013 11:32:15 +0100

A clinical rule based on symptoms and signs to predict pneumonia in patients presenting to primary care with acute cough performed best in patients with mild or severe clinical presentation. Addition of CRP concentration at the optimal cut off of >30 mg/L improved diagnostic information, but measurement of procalcitonin concentration did not add clinically relevant information in this group.

Correlation versus linear regression

Fri, 26 April 2013 11:25:12 +0100

Do patients need to know they are terminally ill? No

Wed, 24 April 2013 11:51:53 +0100

Emily Collis and Katherine Sleeman say that decision making can be ethically sound only with a fully informed patient, but Leslie Blackhall thinks the concept of “terminal illness” is not clearly defined and that prognoses can never be certain.

Do patients need to know they are terminally ill? Yes

Wed, 24 April 2013 11:51:53 +0100

New safety concerns over supplement powders for infants in Pakistan

Wed, 24 April 2013 10:27:45 +0100

Caring for a dying patient in hospital

Wed, 17 April 2013 12:07:36 +0100

Recognising the dying phase shifts focus of care from disease management to the patient’s priorities and symptoms, say Katherine E Sleeman and Emily Collis.

Can we leave industry to lead efforts to improve population health? No

Wed, 17 April 2013 12:07:36 +0100

Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management

Tue, 16 April 2013 11:36:49 +0100

A treatable cause of shortness of breath

Mon, 15 April 2013 11:28:12 +0100

Simple linear regression

Fri, 12 April 2013 11:48:51 +0100

Duloxetine reduces chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy

Wed, 10 April 2013 12:09:19 +0100

Clinical prediction model to aid emergency doctors managing febrile children at risk of serious bacterial infections: diagnostic study

Tue, 02 April 2013 11:30:39 +0100

A validated prediction model, including clinical signs, symptoms, and C reactive protein level, was useful for estimating the likelihood of pneumonia and other serious bacterial infections in children with fever.

Variables, sample estimates, and population parameters

Thu, 28 March 2013 11:58:07 +0000

Cushing’s syndrome

Wed, 27 March 2013 03:15:00 +0000