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Patients with and without asthma showed significant decreases in symptoms of bronchitis when exposed to lower concentrations of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particular matter with an aerodynamic diameter of < 10 μm and < 2.5 μm, according to recent research.

Patients in this study who had early-onset and late-onset asthma overlapped with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease showed decreased clinical function and worse overall prognosis compared with healthy patients who never smoked, according to recent research.

Researchers in this study found the Anxiety Inventory Respiratory scale is validated and affected by factors such as quality of life and dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent research.

BALTIMORE — Location-teaching status and region were linked to an increased length of stay and cost for infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis, recent data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting indicated.

Patients in this study with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had elevated YKL-40 levels, indicating the glycoprotein may have a pathogenic role in the disease, according to recent research.

Symptoms of Scedosporium apiospermum colonization in patients with cystic fibrosis may resemble symptoms of plastic bronchitis, according to research.

Asymptomatic adults should not be screened for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a recommendation from the US Preventive Services Task Force.

Current and former smoking patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease showed a reduced number of T regulatory CD4+CD25highCD127– cells, indicating these cells may have a role in the pathogenesis of the disease, according to data published in World Allergy Organization Journal.

Patients who used roflumilast to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease showed improved lung function as well as alleviation of dyspnea and a decrease in acute exacerbations, according to a study results published in Respiratory Research.

Pediatric patients with bronchiolitis who were admitted to the hospital with oxygen desaturations continued to experience desaturations after discharge, according to recent research.