Adult Acute Care
The Critical Role RTs Play in Asthma Education
Each May, we observe Asthma Awareness Month to share and celebrate the importanc…
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment, and RT’s Expanding Role
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a critical condition often overl…
ATS Launches Landmark Bronchiectasis Initiative
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has launched a landmark initiative to addres…
Nebulizer vs. Inhaler: Why Patients Use One Over the Other
What leads a patient to choose a nebulizer to deliver their respiratory medicati…
New Hope for ARDS May Be on the Horizon
A drug-like molecule developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Chic…
Cirrhosis Patients with ARDS Face an Uphill Battle
French researchers who looked at 816 ICU admissions involving patients with cirr…
Robotic Bronchoscopy Makes a Big Difference
Catching lung cancer early can save lives. Statistics show the five-year surviva…
Bedside Identification of ARDS Subphenotypes May Predict Mortality
Researchers from the U.K. and Ireland believe bedside subphenotyping of patients…
Severe Respiratory Infections Linked to Subsequent Lung Cancer
According to researchers led by an investigator from the UVA School of Medicine,…
OSAS Has an Additive Effect on COPD Muscle Weakness
COPD negatively impacts the muscles all on its own, but when combined with obstr…
Aging Lung Cells May Provide New Targets for Disease Prevention
Aging raises the risk for nearly every lung disease out there, but researchers f…
DPIs Outperform MDIs for COPD Patients
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that environmentally friend…
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