Credit: Getty Images A pulmonologist is shocked to find a patient’s family is suing him for not providing the patient with a thoracentesis that the patient had refused. In 2023, a new analysis of ...

Among patients with systemic sclerosis, a significant proportion experience severe symptoms that qualify them for specialist palliative care, emphasizing the substantial impact of this disease on ...

At 6 months after endobronchial valve treatment, patients with emphysema with bronchoscopic lung volume reduction had a 20% improvement in FEV1. Endobronchial valve (EBV) treatment is beneficial in ...

Lung transplant recipients with overweight/obesity were significantly more likely to need ECMO and to have primary graft dysfunction and KDIGO acute kidney injury. Overweight and obesity in those ...

Teva is discontinuing its Digihaler ® products, ProAir ® Digihaler ® (albuterol sulfate), AirDuo ® Digihaler ® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder) and ArmonAir ® Digihaler ® ...

Findings suggest the need to reconsider American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 guidelines recommending that GLP-1 RA be withheld from patients preoperatively. Preoperative use of glucagon-like ...

Change in COPD severity class was less likely in White vs Black patients when changing from race-specific to race-neutral equations using ppFEV1, but not when using z-score. Use of race-neutral ...

Among premenopausal women with menstrual migraine, more than half report moderate-to-severe disability with their headache. More than half of women with menstrual migraine experience ...

Iron deficiency is associated with increased risk for death among patients initiating peritoneal dialysis, even if they have not been diagnosed with anemia. The death risk associated with iron ...

Credit: Getty Images An AAO-HNS practice guideline identifies areas of quality improvement for clinicians administering immunotherapy for inhalant allergies. A clinical practice guideline on ...

A regulatory decision is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for tapinarof cream, 1% for the ...

Researchers found evidence to suggest that the cardiotoxic effects of anthracyclines are compounded by prediabetes and diabetes. Cancer patients with prediabetes or diabetes have an increased risk of ...