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In patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, multimorbidity was prevalent and comorbidity clusters may represent phenotypes with distinct profiles and characteristics, researchers reported in Respiratory Medicine.

Therapeutic immunomodulation with a sublingual mucosal bacterial vaccine in adults with COPD reduced the number and length of exacerbations and antibiotic use, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Warmer weather was associated with worsening COPD symptoms, as early as 2 days after a rise in ambient temperature, in adults with COPD, according to new data presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Predictors of the net clinical benefit of adding inhaled corticosteroids to long-acting muscarinic antagonist and long-acting beta agonist therapy may help personalize treatment decisions for patients with COPD.

Patients with COPD and a history of asthma had a higher prevalence of elevated fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels compared with patients with COPD and no asthma history, according to new data published in Thorax.

In patients with COPD, depressive symptoms, compared with lung function, were more strongly associated with worse patient-reported outcomes at baseline and over time.

Common genetic variants do not appear to play an important role in predicting acute exacerbations of COPD or treatment response to triple therapy, researchers reported in Respiratory Medicine.

Video telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation conferred similar benefits to center-based pulmonary rehabilitation in adults with COPD, according to a study published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Among veterans with COPD, pain was highly prevalent and was significantly associated with lower exercise capacity, according to findings published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

Individuals with preexisting respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD, had a modestly increased risk for severe COVID-19 infection, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.