A CHEST Expert Cough Panel released new recommendations on the management of chronic cough related to stable chronic bronchitis and acute cough related to acute bronchitis.
Neutrophilic inflammation in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with protracted bacterial bronchitis is associated with bacterial biomass but unrelated to alpha diversity.
Overprescription for uncomplicated acute bronchitis is common despite guidelines recommending against it.
Current and former smokers with COPD had much higher total airway mucin concentrations compared with patients who had never smoked.
Occupational exposures are a modifiable risk factor for COPD.
