Respiratory

Review highlights frailty and physiological reserve in lung surgery assessment.

Two neonatal intubation depth methods showed comparable accuracy and safety, with a modified formula achieving 61% optimal tube placement.

Machine learning identified four asthma phenotypes in Korean adults, revealing differences in lung function, smoking, allergies, and nutritional factors.

A nine-year study linked elevated blood lipid index levels to earlier chronic lung disease onset, highlighting a nonlinear relationship with respiratory risk.

A 12-week exercise programme improved small airway function, exercise capacity, and respiratory symptoms in patients with COPD.

An analysis suggests biomarkers provide information that asthma symptom scores alone may miss.

Cryo-RCT found higher diagnostic yield with cryobiopsy than conventional sampling for peripheral lung lesions, but more moderate bleeding and pneumothorax.

TB preventive treatment remained protective for years, but durability varied substantially by disease burden.