Learn how to use the Relative Vigor Index (RVI) to measure trend strength and smooth price fluctuations in trading, with an ...

Nurses across primary and community care settings have been urged to consider how to make spirometry more accurate and less daunting for patients, during a recent Nursing in Practice event in ...

cDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK dFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common respiratory diseases that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Exposure to toxic particles and gases ...

This document provides additional guidance on the interpretation and verification of the QOF indicators for 2023/24 in England, which are listed in Annex D of the Statement of Financial Entitlements ...

sUnit of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy tOccupational and Environmental Medicine, School of ...

Diaphragm weakness impairs quality of life, exercise capacity, and survival in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. However, the underlying ...

Correspondence to Prof Stephen C Bourke, Respiratory Medicine, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields NE29 8NH, UK; stephen.bourke{at}nhct.nhs.uk Background The National Early Warning Score 2 ...

Early diagnosis of nonacute heart failure is crucial because prompt initiation of evidence-based treatment can prevent or slow down further progression. To diagnose new-onset heart failure in primary ...

Objective To evaluate the impact of telling patients their estimated spirometric lung age as an incentive to quit smoking. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting Five general practices in ...