Lung Function

A suboptimal maternal diet, defined as pro-inflammatory or low quality, during pregnancy did not play an important role in the development of respiratory diseases in children, researchers reported in European Respiratory Journal.

Lung function in extremely preterm infants fell significantly below trajectories of term-born children in early adult life, researchers reported in BMJ Thorax.

The Healio Editors have compiled the most-read asthma news in 2022 in recognition of World Asthma Day.

Male sex, elevated baseline body temperature and increased respiratory rate were COVID-19 risk factors among ambulatory patients with chronic respiratory disease and acute respiratory symptoms, researchers reported in Respiratory Medicine.

Among healthy individuals, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids counteracted respiratory responses to low ambient air pollution levels, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Lung ultrasound findings significantly improved from hospitalization to 2 to 3 months after discharge in COVID-19 survivors, according to results of a study published in Respiratory Medicine.

Incidental respiratory disease-related findings, including emphysema and reticular opacities, observed on low-dose CT lung cancer screenings were common and associated with increased mortality, researchers reported.

Increasing short-term exposure to ambient grass pollen was associated with reversible obstructive lung function deficits in children with allergic disease, researchers reported in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A new study suggests that many patients with pulmonary embolism who present as hemodynamically stable may be in subclinical shock due to low cardiac index.

Higher levels of crystalline silica were found in the lung tissue of contemporary coal miners in the U.S. compared with the lung tissue of previous generations of coal miners, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.