Lung Function

High sputum inflammatory concentrations in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia were linked to high structural lung injury percentages, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

In patients with COPD, diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide, or DLCO, was a predictor of mortality, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Thirty-nine percent of patients who suffered a COVID-19 infection had interstitial lung abnormalities 2 years following the illness, according to study results published in Radiology.

Inhaled treprostinil is used to treat pulmonary hypertension with interstitial lung disease, and a study recently found that higher doses led to better clinical outcomes than a lower dose or placebo.

Many survivors of severe to critical COVID-19 had lung sequelae and lingering symptoms lasting up to 1 year after their infection, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Lung function growth from childhood to early adulthood improved with less exposure to ambient air pollutants, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Lung function in 24-year-old adults was influenced by maternal perinatal BMI, birthweight, childhood asthma and childhood lean and fat mass, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Healio compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in February.

Almost 90% of Americans are unaware of the symptoms that signal pulmonary fibrosis due to the disease’s rarity, according to a Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation survey.

SAN ANTONIO — Researchers validated the Pediatric Asthma Risk Score, a tool that predicts early-life asthma, across several diverse cohorts of children aged 5 to 10 years, according to study results.