Background Clinicians are increasingly recognizing severe asthma patients in whom biologics
and other add-on therapies lead to dramatic improvement. Currently, there is no agreed-…

Background and objective Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
two prevalent and complex diseases that require personalized management. Although a …

Aim: To identify factors that affect rheumatic fever prophylaxis for remote‐living Aboriginal
patients, and to determine the proportion who received adequate prophylaxis. Design and …

Due to an ongoing recent evolution in practice, sleep medicine as a discipline has been
compelled to respond to the converging pressures to reduce costs, improve outcomes, and …

As the COVID-19 pandemic has developed, concern for invasive fungal infections in critically
ill COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has emerged. We …

Introduction Persistent cough with sputum production is an important clinical trait in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We defined “frequent productive cough” based on 2 …

Background Patients with mild asthma represent a substantial proportion of the population
with asthma, yet there are limited data on their true burden of disease. We aimed to describe …

Background Comorbidities in severe asthma are common and contribute to disease burden.
The severe asthma phenotype and treatment response can be impacted by comorbid …

The sleep disruption experienced by patients admitted to hospital may have a negative effect
on health but the nature and magnitude of the effect has not been conclusively outlined. …

Background This study examined potential risk factors of lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB),
including phylogenetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), in comparison to …