Pulmonology & Critical Care
Reducing Risk of Postoperative AF
Study forges a path toward polygenic risk scoring and personalized treatment.
Interstitial Lung Disease: Paving the Way for Precision Medicine
Increased understanding is driving diagnostics and treatment.
Mindfully “Passing the Rx Baton” After Acute Care
Update on Shed-MEDS, the largest geriatric deprescribing intervention trial to date.
A Common Fungus Fosters a Rare Disease: Fibrosing Mediastinitis
Fibrosing mediastinitis is an often missed diagnosis.
Upper Airway Lactobacillus to Reduce Risk of Wheezing Illness?
Bacteria could offer a biomarker and prevention strategy.
Vanderbilt Lung Institute: Improving Care Coordination for Advanced Lung Disease
Collaborative, multi-specialty program is expanding transplant access.
Preventing E-cigarette Lung Injury in Teens
Progress will demand new outreach, clinical protocols and advocacy.
COVID-19’s Lessons on Laryngeal Damage from Intubation
Study seeks to extract learning points as intubation injuries abound.
Preventing Childhood Asthma: Meta-analyses Point to Modifiable Risk Factors
A groundbreaking synthesis of asthma data suggests targeted interventions.
New Clue to Why COVID-19 Spares Young Children
Cells in young lungs lack a key enabler of viral entry.
Making Sense of Lung Nodules: Is It Cancer?
Newly validated risk model could prevent unnecessary biopsies.