Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

Patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have especially high rates of nonadherence, even in comparison with other chronic diseases.

To examine the link between cardiovascular disease and sleep apnea, The Cardiology Advisor spoke with cardiologist Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA and sleep specialist Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, FAAN.

As a result of activating the inflammatory-immune system, pneumonia may trigger cardiovascular complications.

Researchers conducted an anonymous survey of medical trainees with a case vignette to determine attitudes regarding palliative care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

No data have demonstrated improved mortality, morbidity, or quality of life as a result of screening for COPD in asymptomatic individuals.

Analyzing volatile organic compounds in pediatric patients with asthma shows promise for disease diagnosis and management.

Educational campaigns regarding the value of vaccines should integrate social psychological considerations with health communication principles.

Evaluating contributing factors to healthcare inequality in the United States.

At a research seminar held by the European Respiratory Society in February 2017, a group of investigators discussed how precision medicine may improve treatment in asthma and COPD.

Smokers with asthma have been encouraged to switch from conventional to electronic cigarettes, but the latter may still cause respiratory damage.

Recommendations for testing and treating latent TB infection have been discussed by a representative from the California Department of Public Health.

Lung transplantation may be an option in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension who do not respond well to medical therapy.

Using biomarkers in pulmonary arterial hypertension may be a less invasive strategy for assessing response to treatment.

Respiratory muscle dysfunction, iron deficiency, and skeletal muscle dysfunction have been implicated as mechanisms for exercise intolerance in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Lung disease experts Athol Wells, MD, and Joshua Mooney, MD, MS, debate the diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Prenatal factors such as intrauterine growth retardation, infection, and placental inflammation can affect lung development in neonates.

A 2015 update from the 1990 Global Burden of Disease study reveals current prevalence and mortality of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The pathogeneses of steroid insensitivity in severe, steroid-resistant asthma may unlock new potential treatments.

Fluticasone furoate and vilanterol combination therapy reduced both daytime and nighttime symptoms in patients with persistent uncontrolled asthma.

Recent research suggests that perioperative and postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation improves outcomes in patients undergoing thoracic surgery.

An estimated 55% to 85% of hospital-acquired pneumonia infections involve gram-negative bacteria, while 20% to 30% of cases involve gram-positive cocci.

A single-center study found that omalizumab led to reductions in allergic response much earlier than previously demonstrated.

Lower microbial diversity in the respiratory tract in patients with cystic fibrosis was linked with prophylactic antibiotics and less airway inflammation.

When general practitioners refer patients to asthma diagnostic consultation services asthma diagnosis improved.

Angiotensin II decreased the requirement to use catecholamines in patients with vasodilatory shock.

New criteria by the American College of Radiology detail appropriateness of various imaging techniques for suspected pulmonary hypertension.

Meta-analysis supports anti-RNP and anti-Sm antibodies as serological biomarkers of PAH risk in patients with SLE.

Continuous thoracic paravertebral nerve block, epidural anesthesia similarly effective for the management of postthoracotomy pain.

Pulmonary and genetics experts James E. Loyd, MD, and Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, offer insight into the role of genetics in pulmonary arterial hypertension.