Advances in Airway Clearance Technologies for COPD
Get evidence based clinical recommendations about airway clearance techniques -- for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Category : Respiratory Diseases : Health & Medical
Procalcitonin Tests for Identifying Bacterial Infections
How accurate are procalcitonin tests for identifying secondary bacterial infections in patients with influenza?
New Drugs for Asthma
Which new asthma drugs will benefit your patients?
Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Learn more about the clinical presentation, pathogenesis, pathology, management, and prognosis of these SLE-associated lung conditions.
COPD Secondary to Household Air Pollution
Find out how COPD from household air pollution differs from COPD from tobacco smoke.
Advances in the Management of Severe Asthma
Severe asthma is difficult to manage for a wide variety of reasons. Get the latest information on how to address a multitude of problems in this thorough review.
Emerging Phenomenon of Electronic Cigarettes
The electronic cigarette is a battery-powered electronic nicotine delivery system that looks very similar to a conventional cigarette, but will it help smokers to quit?
Sarcoid-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Transplant
What's the role for lung transplantation in patients with sarcoidosis?
Microarray and IL-1 Receptor Type 2 as Biomarker in ARDS
Is there a hybrid state of alveolar macrophage activation in ARDS, with immunity tolerance features?
Churg-Strauss Syndrome: Symptoms, Prognosis and Treatment
This review looks at how prognosis, outcome, and treatment of Churg-Strauss syndrome have improved over the past 30 years.
Adjunctive Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
For community acquired pneumonia, what drugs improve the odds of successful treatment, besides antibiotics?
Surgical Lung Biopsy in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
A new international statement defines usual interstitial pneumonia -- in a more precise way than before. . .
Ambulatory Strategies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults
Is ambulatory monitoring an efficacious way to treat obstructive sleep apnea?
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.
Long-acting Beta-agonists in the Management of COPD
Once-daily LABAs,, used alone or in combination with other medications, promises improved therapy options for COPD patients.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Metabolic Syndrome
How are obstructive sleep-apnea and metabolic syndrome linked, independent of obesity as a shared risk factor?
Roflumilast: Systemic Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Two clinical trials involving patients with moderate-to-very severe COPD have shown that once-daily administration of roflumilast has many anti-inflammatory effects.
Comorbid Factors That Increase COPD Assessment Scores
What does it mean for patients with COPD to have a 'high CAT'?
Outcome in Children Hospitalised With h1n1 in 2009
What patient factors were predictors of adverse outcomes among children diagnosed with h1n1 during the 2009 pandemic?
COPD Updates: What's New in Pathophysiology and Management?
Learn more about current thinking regarding COPD and find out how three different mechanisms of airflow obstruction play a role in COPD pathogenesis.