2023 ERS Congress

Pulmonary rehabilitation offers no benefit in outcomes for patients already undergoing bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using endobronchial valves.

A new risk stratification approach allows physicians to estimate 1-year mortality for newly diagnosed patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension based on cardiac MRI.

Cooperation between local hospitals and specialized centers leads to better care for patients with pulmonary fibrosis, is less environmentally damaging.

COPD patients with ECG abnormalities are at greater risk of exacerbations, cardiovascular problems, and death. Triple therapy with fluticasone, umeclidinium, and vilanterol appears beneficial.

A stop-smoking intervention, offered in combination with a lung cancer screening program, is proving successful in encouraging people to quit smoking.

Results from the Australian Barwon Infant Study show children who have a more mature gastrointestinal microbiome at age 1 are less likely to suffer from atopic wheeze at age 4.

COPD patients who are automatically administered oxygen during hospitalization for exacerbation spend more time in normoxemia than patients in whom oxygen delivery is manually regulated.

Up to a third of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma who do not achieve clinical remission after 1 year of treatment with benralizumab still achieve remission in the second year.

A deep neural network has been developed to distinguish between patients with and without asthma through breath test measurement data.

Sputum colour in patients with bronchiectasis could be considered a simple biomarker, providing information about long-term prognosis.

In lung cancer, the ability of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) to exploit the biochemical differences between normal and neoplastic tissue [ 1 ] has been proven to be a valuable tool for tumor detection [ …2

With the exception of its role in food sensitivity and food allergy, dietary protein is seldom viewed as having anything other than positive effects on health. Consequently, dietary guidelines encouraging populations to increase protein intake by …

The apnea test is a critical component of brain death evaluation, to establish the absence of spontaneous respiratory effort, despite an adequate carbon dioxide stimulus [ 1 ]. The apnea test has traditionally been performed with disconnection from …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) constitutes a major global health burden and is the third leading cause of death worldwide. A high proportion of patients with COPD have cardiovascular disease, but there is also evidence that COPD is a …