EDITORIAL
Research
Priorities for respiratory research in the UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor Stephen T Holgate
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hants SO16 6YD, UK; sth@soton.ac.uk
Accepted 31 October 2006
Respiratory diseases are placing an increasing burden on the UK health system
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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In the past, respiratory research has proved itself effective in vanquishing major killers such as tuberculosis, transforming the lives of patients with asthma and developing life-saving non-invasive ventilation for those with chronic respiratory failure. Now, new problems affect our patients with respiratory diseases and present an enormous burden of ill health that we are currently ill equipped to deal with. The second edition of the Burden of lung disease was published by the British Thoracic Society in June 20061; it documents that respiratory diseases now kill one in five people in the UK, with the standardised mortality ratio for respiratory diseases showing a threefold difference across social classes. More people die from respiratory disease than from ischaemic heart disease. Respiratory diseases are the most common cause of long-term illness in children, result in the highest levels of consultations with general practitioners and are the second most common reason
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