Respiratory Medicine

Add-on therapy with sotatercept significantly reduces the risk for death and clinical worsening in patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension at high risk of death.

Decannulation is often complicated by severe dysphagia, reduced cough strength, excessive bronchial secretions, and altered airway anatomy. What diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options are crucial for rehabilitation?

Biologics targeting interleukin-12, 23, and 17 are associated with a reduced risk for serious infections among older adults with psoriatic disease.

Blood-tinged saliva, light-headedness, difficulty speaking and a foreign body sensation in the throat were all reported by a 65-year-old man with severe anemia. The cause? Oropharyngeal leech infestation.

The patient presented with digital vasculitis, rapidly evolving interstitial lung disease, sub-clinical myositis, and arthritis of the hands with no prior history of Raynaud’s phenomenon. What antibodies would you test to determine the final diagnosis?

The relationship between our built environment and heart health is complex and multifaceted. Discover how factors such as green spaces, walkability, food availability, and noise and air pollution, affect the risk of CVD.

Patients requiring extended thromboprophylaxis after a first episode of cancer-related venous thromboembolism can be given a low dose of the factor X inhibitor apixaban.

In this unusual case, OCT revealed multiple mural thrombi in a PAVF as the source of embolic strokes and continuing ischemic attacks, indicating a potential emboligenic mechanism in PAVF.

Patients with overt immunosuppression are at risk of cytomegalovirus infection, which can lead to, or develop during, ICU admission. Learn more about its broad clinical presentations, risk factors, and management strategies.

What are the underlying mechanisms that cause radiation-induced lung injury, the most common adverse effect of thoracic radiotherapy? What is the prognosis and how can it be treated?

Elbow tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of TB, with symptoms often mimicking diseases such as rheumatoid or septic arthritis. Surgical intervention can greatly benefit diagnosis, but is not always necessary for successful treatment.

Proton pump inhibitors are a common and effective treatment for acid-related disorders, but reported adverse effects demand consideration.

Patients with liver disease are particularly susceptible to invasive fungal infections. Discover how hepatic dysfunction impacts systemic antifungal defenses, and what considerations should be made in ICUs.

Malnutrition is common in children with cystic fibrosis, and it contributes to both poor pulmonary and overall disease outcomes. But what are the challenges when trying to optimize nutrition?

Reduced doses of DOACs are not noninferior to full doses in patients at high risk for recurrent VTE, but results suggest low rates overall and improved safety.

Shorter sleep duration and both regular and occasional snoring are linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes.

Consensus recommendations from an international panel of experts on the use of lung ultrasound to optimize the management of neonatal respiratory distress.

Mycobacterium TB can infect any ophthalmic tissue. Most common ocular presentations are granulomatous anterior uveitis and posterior uveitis, but this case shows rare bilateral corneoscleral perforation.

A practical guide to the main pathologic ultrasound findings associated with extra-articular manifestations of rheumatic diseases. Also learn about the advantages and limitations of ultrasound, and emerging innovations in the field.

Analysis of US data has shown an increase in age-adjusted mortality rates due to acute pulmonary embolism in patients with cancer over the past decade.