New Therapies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Plug in to a wide array of new therapies, from nose plugs to surgical implants, for obstructive sleep apnea.
Category : Respiratory Diseases : Health & Medical
New Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches for COPD
Get the latest data on COPD treatments and how findings can be applied in practice.
Rare and Emerging Fungal Pulmonary Infections
Rare and emerging fungal pathogens that produce pulmonary disease are reviewed.
New Therapeutic Targets in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Current therapeutic strategies are mainly designed to induce relaxation of the pulmonary arteries, not to improve vascular remodeling that characterizes PAH. Will newer agents remodel the vasculature?
Transbronchial Biopsy Is Useful in Predicting UIP Pattern
What do you need to know to correctly diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and separate it from other interstitial pneumonias?
An Analysis of the SMASHING Study
Internet and interpersonal means of monitoring asthma control are compared.
Implementing a COPD Care Bundle
What actions are being taken to overcome the COPD care-bundle hurdles?
CPAP and Walking Capacity in COPD Patients With OSA
Can just two nights of CPAP give COPD patients greater exercise capacity?
Pulmonary Biomarkers in COPD Exacerbations
Get an overview of the pulmonary sampled biomarkers studied in the context of ECOPD and their associations with important clinical variables.
Comorbid Factors That Increase COPD Assessment Scores
What does it mean for patients with COPD to have a 'high CAT'?
Tuberculosis as a Major Global Health Problem in the 21st
When the World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1947, one of its priorities was tuberculosis control.
Impact of Viral Infections in Children With CAP
Which respiratory viruses are most common in children with community-acquired pneumonia?
Clinical Prognostic Score for Acute COPD Exacerbations
Learn why it pays to keep score, with hospitalized patients who present with acute COPD exacerbations.
AS03-Adjuvanted H5N1 Influenza Vaccine in Children
How safe and effective is the AS03-adjuvanted H5N1 influenza vaccine in children?
Potential Role of Statins in COPD and Its Co-morbidities
Get the latest evidence on why statins have a beneficial effect in patients with COPD.
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia in children and adults
Climate Change and Respiratory Health
Climate change is a key driver of the accelerating environmental change affecting populations around the world. Many of these changes and our response to them can affect respiratory health.
Anti-inflammatory Deficiencies in Neutrophilic Asthma
Learn more about anti-inflammatory mechanisms in patients with neutrophilic asthma.
Biomarkers in Community-acquired Pneumonia
An ideal biomarker for bacterial pulmonary infections should allow a rapid diagnosis, have a prognostic value and maybe facilitate therapeutic decision making.
Prognostication in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPD is the most common disease for which single lung transplantation is performed.