Lung Function

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.

Children with cystic fibrosis with the homozygous F508del genotype in the U.S. had better lung function at age 6 years that was sustained throughout childhood and adolescence than children in the U.K., according to data published in Thorax.

Right atrial pressure estimated by a portable hand-held ultrasound corresponded with B-type natriuretic peptide and was an independent predictor of clinical worsening in patients with pulmonary hypertension, researchers reported.

In the past decade, the incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis nearly tripled and prevalence more than doubled among U.S. veterans, according to an analysis published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.