Background The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical care offers significant potential to enhance early ...

Background Ramadan, observed by nearly two billion Muslims worldwide, involves fasting from dawn to sunset, presenting challenges for individuals with chronic respiratory diseases due to potential ...

Objectives To examine the accuracy and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) software assistance in lung cancer screening using CT. Methods A systematic review of CE-marked, AI-based software for ...

A pillar of the WHO End TB Strategy is targeted latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing to identify persons who would benefit from TB preventive treatment (TPT).1 The WHO recommends the ...

This is a summary of the recommendations of the joint guideline on Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management, which was published in November 2024. This new collaborative guideline ...

Rationale Telemonitoring has shown benefits during the initiation of home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) but evidence is lacking regarding its use during follow-up. A French national telemonitoring ...

Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous disease with frequently associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). We aimed to determine the prognostic potential of phenotyping patients ...

Background The aetiology of lung cancer among individuals who never smoked remains elusive, despite 15% of lung cancer cases in men and 53% in women worldwide being unrelated to smoking. Epigenetic ...

PM 2.5 as a risk factor for sleep oxygen desaturation in COPD: identifying susceptible individuals by smoking and inflammatory phenotypes ...

Background Breathlessness is a common, distressing symptom in people with advanced disease and a marker of deterioration. Holistic services that draw on integrated palliative care have been developed ...

Hypoxaemia. Patients should be monitored by continuous pulse oximetry during bronchoscopy. (Grade C) Oxygen supplementation should be used when desaturation is significant (pulse oximeter oxygen ...