Respiratory

Research has explored whether a plant-centred diet could lower the chances of developing emphysema

According to new study, no association is found between SARS-CoV-2 infection and new asthma diagnoses in children during an 18-month study, highlighting other significant risk factors for asthma.

Research reveals early exposure to nitrogen dioxide air pollution determines a reduced attention capacity in children aged 4–8, especially in males, urging further investigation.

Early exercise training improves exercise capacity and physical function in adults hospitalised for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a recent combined systemic review and meta-analysis.

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy don’t increase childhood asthma risk, as per a study of 14,000 mother-child pairs. Only 8.3% of children born to mothers with HDP developed asthma, not significantly different from those without HDP.

Published data has shown the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines to be 50% effective in preventing severe disease, protecting both children and adults against hospitalisation.

Use of a mobile patient lift, combined with a rehabilitation protocol, reduced the time to stand in ventilated patients in the intensive care unit, compared to the protocol alone. Read more.

A recent study has found that there was a significant association between respiratory distress and whether infants had been born to unvaccinated mothers, although none of the babies born had COVID-19 themselves.