Pulmonology News

Patients with severe emphysema had lasting lung function improvement 5 years after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with Zephyr Valves, according to a poster presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Hypertonic saline nose drops shortened cold symptom duration in young children and decreased household transmission, according to findings presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Vienna.

E-cigarette use among middle and high school students in the United States dipped below 6% this year — the lowest level in a decade, according to federal data.

Quitting smoking and maintaining smoking cessation was associated with a reduced risk for developing hidradenitis suppurativa, according to a study.

Patients with central airway obstruction are often treated by multiple clinicians from different specialties, leading to varied management of the patients, according to a press release.

During their first season in use, respiratory syncytial virus vaccines reduced the risk for RSV-associated hospitalization by 75% among adults aged 60 years or older, according to a study.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a great impact on the health care system and the well-being of health care professionals, the effects of which are still felt today.

Healio has compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in August.

When presented with four unlabeled treatment profiles showing five treatment attributes, 96% of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension chose a single-tablet vs. a multi-tablet combination therapy, according to a poster.

Neoadjuvant atezolizumab prior to chemoradiation therapy exhibited promising activity for patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer, according to results of a nonrandomized phase 2 study.