Pulmonology

1. In this study comparing three prominent lung cancer screening strategies, all were found to be cost-effective, yielding incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of under $100,000/quality...

1. In this double-blind randomized trial of COPD patients without previous indication for beta blocker therapy, treatment with extended-release beta-blockers failed to generate improved...

1. Youth and young adults who had never used tobacco were surveyed on exposure to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) marketing and electronic nicotine delivery system...

1. In this modelling study, life-gained-based selection of smokers for lung cancer screening resulted in a nearly threefold greater gain in life expectancy per...

1. In this randomized clinical trial, intravenous infusion of high-dose vitamin C vs placebo for 96 hours resulted in no significant differences in the...

1. In this randomized controlled trial, oral lefamulin was noninferior to oral moxifloxacin for treating community-acquired pneumonia, with regards to early clinical response at...

1. The use of nicotine e-cigarettes in addition to conventional nicotine patches may result in a modest improvement in smoking cessation when compared to...

1. In patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, use of twice daily inhaled granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) did not improve clinical outcomes of vital capacity...

Maintenance inhaled corticosteroid therapy is effective for preventing severe asthma exacerbations in patients with mild to moderate asthma at baseline. However, adherence to these...

Patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) can present with a myriad of symptoms, and without prompt recognition and treatment, are at risk of developing life-threatening...