COPD News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In a cohort of adult and older patients with moderate to severe COPD, 10 mg of lemborexant was associated with respiratory safety after single and multiple dosing, concluded data presented at CHEST Annual Meeting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — People with COPD have a greater risk for type 2 myocardial infarction-related admissions and worse in-hospital outcomes, researchers reported at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Primary care providers who care for patients with COPD in rural clinics in the Midwest U.S. identified several barriers to delivering evidence-based care.

The CHEST Annual Meeting will be held Oct. 16 to 19 in Nashville, Tennessee, with a broad focus on bringing the pulmonology community back together in person.

Decreasing pulmonary hyperinflation using bronchoscopic lung volume reduction improved cardiac preload, contractility and output in a cohort of patients with emphysema, according to study findings.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in September.

Individuals with pre-bronchodilator airflow obstruction appeared to be at significant risk for future COPD development, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure on airlines was strongly associated with worse respiratory health nearly 3 decades after exposure, researchers reported in Chest.

COPD prevalence, death and disability-adjusted life-year rates around the world were lower in 2019 than in 1990, researchers reported in The BMJ.

Variations in chronic respiratory disease mortality appeared to be associated with U.S. county-level sociodemographic vulnerabilities, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.