Lung Function

Two widely used clinical scoring systems — the Pneumonia Severity Index and CURB-65 score — comparatively predicted in-hospital mortality in patients with and without SARS-CoV-2-related community-acquired pneumonia, researchers reported.

Long-term CT abnormalities were common up to 1 year after COVID-19 pneumonia in a study published in Radiology.

Long-term outcomes of bronchiolitis in infancy include a higher prevalence of asthma and more obstructive lung function patterns in young adulthood, researchers reported in BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of particulate matter deposition in the lung, researchers reported in the European Respiratory Journal.

A novel artificial intelligence-based system successfully quantified lung lesions and airway volumes on CT imaging among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Astegolimab improved health status but did not significantly reduce exacerbation rates over 48 weeks of treatment compared with placebo in patients with moderate to very severe COPD, according to results from the COPD-ST2OP trial.

A national shift to widespread clean, zero-emission transportation over the next 3 decades would save more than 110,000 lives and generate $1.2 trillion in public health benefits in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association.

Patients with COPD who initiated of single-inhaler triple therapy had improved inhaler adherence and persistence compared with multiple-inhaler triple therapy users, according to a real-world study.

Ten-year follow-up data from the COPDGene study show that changes in lung function, respiratory symptom burden and functional capacity in current and former smokers appear to be slow.

A new review highlights future pulmonary rehabilitation programs for patients with symptoms after COVID-19 and identifies key factors including feasibility, current pulmonary rehabilitation capacity and resource constraints.