Pulmonology

A recent study evaluated the efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging measurements for assessing potential outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

A swab test that can diagnosis respiratory infections quickly was found to reduce the length of hospital stay and improve influenza detection and treatment.

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery released new guidelines for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with empyema.

Researchers evaluated the frequency and severity of bacterial exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coexisting bronchiectasis.

Use of electronic cigarettes or nicotine-replacement therapy is associated with lower levels of carcinogens and toxins that with traditional cigarettes.

In a recent study, researchers sought to examine the combined effects of NSAID use and acute respiratory infections on the risk of myocardial infarction.

A new study examined whether lung function decline, assessed by forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second, is accelerated in women undergoing menopause.

This is a second “mining” of a Top Paper addressing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The relationship between elevated plasma endothelin-1 levels and pulmonary hypertension, mortality, and heart failure was assessed in a recent study.

An increasing number of Americans are smoking tobacco using a water pipe. The American Heart Association has released a report of the cardiovascular effects of short- and long-term water pipe smoking that...