Pulmonology News

In primary care settings, the burden of RSV on young children and their guardians often varied between the countries of Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the U.K., according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Physicians treating Medicare patients are staring down the barrel of five consecutive years of cuts to their reimbursement rates.

In this edition, recurrence-free survival estimates in less advanced lung cancer, bronchoscopy-guided microwave ablation safe in lung abnormality and more.

Having COVID-19 pneumonia vs. non-COVID-19 pneumonia while receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation negatively impacted inpatient mortality odds and length of stay, according to data published in American Journal of Critical Care.

Markers of subclinical heart damage were observed among individuals who smoke cigarettes, even decades after quitting, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

It has been 5 years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many providers to embrace telehealth.

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, COPD exacerbation history groups were “mediocre” in estimating moderate and severe exacerbation risk at 1 and 4 years, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Among children born in France, 83.1% had been prescribed a respiratory medication during the ages of 0 through 10 years, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — Multiple risk factors were associated with denials and longer wait times for biologic treatment in moderate to severe asthma, as well as with discontinuations, according to a series of posters presented here.