Of note, if the patient is bedfast, complete evaluation of respiratory efficiency is often less than optimal because chest expansion is not always symmetric and percussion notes may be less resonant.

Adults with motor neurone disease (MND) who have respiratory impairment are offered non‑invasive ventilation (NIV) based on regular assessments of respiratory function and symptoms. Progressive ...

Assessing respiratory rate (RR) is an important patient observation, but is often overlooked or performed inaccurately. Accurate RR assessment is particularly crucial during the coronavirus pandemic ...

A clinical assessment of the symptoms and signs of suspected acute respiratory infection at first presentation informs a provisional diagnosis. Considering the symptoms and signs in the context of the ...

To explore the potential use of the CRB-65 rule (based on Confusion, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure and age >65 years) in adults with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care.

A series of portable respiratory function tests for patients with mild to moderate myasthenia gravis (MG) were found to be useful methods to diagnose previously unidentified at-risk cases for ...