Many children continue to experience respiratory symptoms up to 14 years after treatment for protracted bacterial bronchitis, ...

Methods/Design: This is to be a randomized, multicentre, open-label clinical trial. A total of 444 smokers over 40 years of age will be recruited by 39 general practitioners from 22 health centers ...

A sample of 444 people will be recruited. The sample size calculation was based on assuming a level of significance of 5%, a quit rate after brief anti-smoking intervention only (control group) of ...

Young adults who experienced bronchiolitis in infancy may face irreversible airway obstruction, according to new research ...

FEV1/FVC was significantly lower in young adults who had severe bronchiolitis during infancy vs those who did not. Severe bronchiolitis during infancy may contribute to irreversible airway obstruction ...

Unfavorable social determinants of health (SDoH) disproportionately affect lung function in non-Hispanic Black and Mexican/Hispanic Americans.

A comprehensive meta-analysis of over 4.3 million adults shows e-cigarette use is associated with significantly higher odds ...

The study followed 351 patients across four Korean hospitals who had received anti-tuberculosis treatment for more than six months. These individuals were monitored over 11 years (132 months) to ...

Background Abnormal lung volumes that reflect air trapping are common in COPD. However, their significance in smokers with preserved spirometry (normal FEV1 to FVC ratio) is unclear. Methods Using the ...

Higher rates of FVC reduction were associated with greater hazards of severe-COVID-19. Severe obstructive physiology was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) of 2.11 (95% CI, 1.36-3.27) for ...