Latest Respiratory medicine articles from the BMJ

Making the most of the Olympics

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

A teenager with a cough, fever, and poor appetite

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Investigating asthma symptoms in primary care

Wed, 25 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

A 36 year old man presents with a six to nine month history of exercise related dyspnoea and chest tightness, especially during football training. It does not restrict him badly and does not occur every time he exercises. It usually resolves after about 15 minutes of rest, and he can resume exercising. What are the likely diagnoses?

What can we learn from asthma in elite athletes?

Tue, 24 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Signs of shock and raised jugular venous pressure

Fri, 20 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Investigating the solitary pulmonary nodule

Thu, 19 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Don’t beam me up just yet

Thu, 19 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Fever and rash in a returning traveller

Wed, 11 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Lung protective mechanical ventilation and two year survival in patients with acute lung injury: prospective cohort study

Thu, 05 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

According to this prospective cohort study, lung protective mechanical ventilation was associated with a substantial long term survival benefit for patients with acute lung injury. Greater use of lung protective ventilation in routine clinical practice could reduce long term mortality in patients with acute lung injury, say Dale M Needham and colleagues.

Lung protective ventilation

Thu, 05 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

A 90 year old man with difficulty swallowing and proximal muscle weakness

Wed, 04 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Clinical and cost effectiveness of mobile phone supported self monitoring of asthma: multicentre randomised controlled trial

Fri, 23 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Fever and haemoptysis in an injecting drug user

Tue, 13 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Childhood cough

Tue, 06 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study

Fri, 02 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A woman with ketoacidosis but not diabetes

Thu, 01 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

A sore red eye with systemic involvement

Fri, 24 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Cohen’s coefficient κ

Wed, 22 February 2012 12:00:00 +0000

SSRIs and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Thu, 12 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Exertional dyspnoea and syncope

Wed, 11 January 2012 12:00:00 +0000