Previous evidence has demonstrated a relationship between obesity and asthma. In a recent study, researchers investigated whether adiposity affects the risk for atopic and non-atopic asthma in children and...
The American Thoracic Society, along with the Japanese Respiratory Society, released guidelines for the diagnosis and management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis in 2016. Recently, the 2 societies supplemented...
Pneumonia is the second leading cause of death in young children worldwide. However, existing literature contains little information on long-term changes in mortality from pneumonia among children younger...
In a recent meta-analysis, researchers sought to examine the safety of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy among patients with acute respiratory infections.
The FDA has approved the first treatment option in the United States for patients age 3 years or older with congenital or idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Few studies have compared the effects of once-daily triple therapy with twice-daily dual therapy for COPD. In a recent study, researchers more thoroughly compared these treatments.
In the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015, researchers aimed to estimate the global prevalence of lower respiratory infections and associated rates of mortality across all age...
The aim of the Global Burden of Disease Study was to estimate the worldwide prevalence of and deaths associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
In a recent study, researchers investigated the effects of pulmonary hypertension on mortality rates among COPD patients undergoing single and bilateral lung transplant.
