x.com/RuthEBarker198…

Editorial
Road map to improve the quality of lung cancer risk data. thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

Editorial
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency.
thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

Combined effect of ozone and household air pollution on COPD in people aged less than 50 years old
thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

Editorial
Tobacco use: a smoking gun for IPF? thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

Providing immediate smoking cessation support as part of Targeted Lung Health Checks for lung cancer increases long term, biochemically confirmed smoking abstinence. thorax.bmj.com/content/early/… ThoraxBMJ NHLI British Thoracic Society (BTS)

Super-responders to anti-IL-5/anti-IL-5R are characterised by high sputum eosinophil counts at baseline thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/…

Acute respiratory failure-related excess mortality in pediatric sepsis
thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/… Garrett Keim

Authors in a recent survey asked us: 'Should I use a preprint server? And will BMJ journals accept my paper if I do?'

Do you share the same concern? Watch this short video to find the answer📽️ 👇
bmj.wistia.com/medias/nu6hx7h…

#OpenAccessWeek #oaweek

Asthma symptoms, spirometry and air pollution exposure in schoolchildren in an informal settlement and an affluent area of Nairobi, Kenya thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/… Angela Obasi

Did you know, our open access papers published in respiratory health received over 510,000 citations 📝
bit.ly/3qMS5ws

Offering smoking cessation support interventions with pharmacotherapy, immediately after attending a lung health check, produces an increase in exhaled CO confrmed quit rates at 12 months follow up. Parris Williams, Dr Keir Philip, Anthony Laverty, Dr Nick Hopkinson thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…

In a recent survey, authors asked us, 'How do I identify which open access journals have rigorous standards in peer review, research integrity & publishing ethics?'🗯️

Watch this short video to find out what we said!
bmj.wistia.com/medias/t8kqgh3…

#OpenAccessWeek

Patient perspectives on the use of indwelling pleural catheters in malignant pleural effusions thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/… Mike Robinson

Efficacy of vibrotactile positional therapy devices on patients with positional obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/… د. عبدالله القرني Dr Chris Turnbull

Pirfenidone in fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a double-blind, randomised clinical trial of efficacy and safety
thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/…

As a supporter of #openaccess , we are celebrating this year's #OpenAccessWeek by promoting the benefits and sharing the main concerns authors have when publishing using this route.
Find out how we address those concerns: ⬇️
bit.ly/46S5DpH

Five-year follow-up of phase II trial of stromal cells for bronchopulmonary dysplasia
thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/…

Did you know that obesity doubles the risk of developing asthma and is associated with more severe asthma, including increased exacerbations and hospitalisations? Check out my interview with Kate Diomede from ThoraxBMJ where I chat about clinical effects and possible mechanisms.

In 2645 patients admitted with an exacerbation of COPD, a low eosinophil count of less than 0.05×109 cells/L was associated with a 2–3-fold increase in inpatient death, and eosinopenia was associated with other markers of acute illness. thorax.bmj.com/content/78/11/…