Lung Disease

Children with cystic fibrosis and a height-for-age consistently above the 50th percentile had the highest pulmonary function at age 6 to 7 years, according to new data published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

A wide array of potential etiologies can cause lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients, according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

In preschool children with cystic fibrosis, MRI detected progression of early lung disease, researchers reported.

No new safety signals were found with the use of amikacin liposome inhalation suspension added to guideline-based therapy for patients with refractory Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease, according to researchers.

Increased lung bacteria may predict chronic rejection and death in healthy adults who undergo lung transplantation, according to data published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Use of multiple-breath washout testing was useful for detecting airway disease in symptomatic military personnel following deployment, researchers reported in Respiratory Medicine.

African Americans who are older, have a higher BMI or have a history of lung disease are at increased risk for ICU admission with COVID-19, according to a study published in Obesity.

Women with HIV have a higher burden of hypertension, diabetes, lung disease and cardiovascular disease than HIV-negative women, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

More than half of a cohort of children and young adults with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B had restrictive and obstructive lung abnormalities and 94% showed some degree of diminished lung function, NIH study data showed.

The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation issued guidelines for patients with IBD to protect themselves from COVID-19 such as talk with their gastroenterologist about medications, their health status and any precautions they should take related to COVID-19.