Respiratory Disease
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Sleep apnoea and road accidents
Sleep apnoea is a significantly under-diagnosed condition which causes symptoms of sleepiness and difficulty in concentrating. It can also cause drivers to fall asleep at the wheel. Prof Neil Douglas provides an overview of the link between sleep apnoea and road traffic accidents. Read…
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak – what lessons have been learned?
The SARS outbreak was the first new infectious disease of the twenty-first century that posed a major threat to international health. Originating in southern China in November 2002, it rapidly spread worldwide and caused 774 deaths. In this article Prof Wah-kit Lam and Prof Kenneth Tsang examine the lessons to be learned from this outbreak. Read…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPD is a chronic and disabling lung disease which, whilst being common, is also believed to be significantly under-diagnosed. In this article Dr Paul Albert and Professor Peter Calverley provide an overview of COPD and how best to manage this disease. Read…
The modern management of asthma
Asthma is a common chronic disease, affecting 6% of adults and 10% of children worldwide. Despite this and advances in treatment, asthma is not always well controlled - resulting in almost 70,000 hospital admissions annually, and one death every seven hours, in the UK alone. In this article Dr Graham Douglas provides an overview of the modern management of asthma. Read…
Sleep apnoea: diagnosis and treatment
Whilst many people take sleep for granted, sleep disorders are common and can have serious health consequences including causing fatal road traffic accidents. And yet sleep disorders are both under-diagnosed and under-treated. In this article, requested by a BTMH site visitor, Dr Tom Mackay provides an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnoea, the most common cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. Read…
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