Applications of positive expiratory pressure in spontaneous breathing: why, when and how? [0.03%]
呼气末正压在自主呼吸状态下的应用：为什么、何时及如何使用？
Monika Fagevik Olsén,Maria Sehlin,Jenny Danielsbacka et al.
Monika Fagevik Olsén et al.
In spontaneously breathing patients, breathing exercises with positive expiratory pressure (PEP) can be used in various physiological ways to reopen closed airways by increasing the functional residual capacity (FRC) in hypoventilating pati...
Spirometry update 2019: phase 4 forced maximal inspiration and new acceptability criteria [0.03%]
2019年肺功能检测更新：第4阶段强制最大吸气和新的接受标准
Sunil K Chhabra,Mandeep Singh
Sunil K Chhabra
Recently, the spirometry procedure for the flow-volume curve has been extended to add a forced complete inspiration after end of expiration, yielding the FIVC. A new acceptability criterion based on FIVC-FVC difference has been added as a q...
Finbarr Harnedy,Eimear Foley,Deirdre B Fitzgerald
Finbarr Harnedy
Pneumothorax arises from pulmonary air leaking into the pleural space. If the air leak has healed, the pneumothorax may not require intervention but will take time to resolve. Procedural management may be warranted, despite resolution of th...
Multidisciplinary collaboration is key to advancement in respiratory medicine! Interview with the ECM award winner 2024 [0.03%]
多学科合作是呼吸医学进步的关键！专访2024年ECM获奖者
Emily Hume,Viresh Jagesar,Job F M van Boven et al.
Emily Hume et al.
Job van Boven, ERS ECM award winner 2024, explains the importance of collaborating and networking, the power of having a vision, the future of digital technology, the ERS as a key coordinator in digital health and how to keep a good work-li...
More than the method: contrasting experiences of compassion in interventional pulmonology [0.03%]
不止是方法：介入性肺病学中同情心的不同体验
Justine Hamaide,Lucy Robinson
Justine Hamaide
Routine procedures in interventional pulmonology require more than technical skill. Compassionate care is key to improving the patient's experience, ensuring they feel respected, supported and understood throughout the process. https://bit....
Acute post-operative respiratory insufficiency and diffuse alveolar haemorrhage in a young and healthy adult [0.03%]
青年健康成人术后急性呼吸衰竭和弥漫性肺出血病例报告
Tom Verresen,David Ruttens
Tom Verresen
Negative pressure pulmonary oedema is an under-recognised cause of acute respiratory distress in post-operative patients. Presentations include acute pulmonary oedema and possibly DAH. Prompt recognition and intervention are essential. http...
The necessity of geneticist and pulmonologist collaboration in the treatment of monogenic interstitial lung diseases in adults [0.03%]
成人单基因间质性肺病治疗中遗传学家和肺病学家合作的必要性
Martina Sterclova,Martina Doubkova,Michael Doubek et al.
Martina Sterclova et al.
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a very heterogeneous group of diseases. Although the aetiology of many of these diseases is not fully understood, an association with specific pathogenic gene variants has been demonstrated for some of ...
Sile Toland,Padraic Ridge,Emmet O&#x;Brien et al.
Sile Toland et al.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounting for the majority of cases. Despite advancements in therapeutics, outcomes remain poor due to late-stage diagnoses and ...
Irene Riestra Guiance,Christopher Kapp
Irene Riestra Guiance
The field of bronchoscopy has undergone remarkable evolution since its inception, transforming from a means to remove a foreign body, to the first rudimentary flexible diagnostic tool, into its current state as a sophisticated platform for ...
Valentina Luzzi,Anna L Lindahl,Sara Tomassetti
Valentina Luzzi
This narrative review explores the complementary roles of indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) and medical thoracoscopy (MT) in the evaluation and management of unexplained exudative pleural effusions, including malignant pleural effusion. I...