Respiratory

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.

Pulmonary fibrosis affected 20.5% of children with chILD and was associated with poorer lung function and survival.

High-dose intravenous nitroglycerin provided rapid haemodynamic and symptomatic improvement in SCAPE, but did not significantly reduce intubation or intensive care admission and modestly increased hypotension risk.

Persistent symptoms after COVID-19, RSV and influenza followed virus- and age-specific patterns in a paediatric cohort study.

Earlier biologic therapy may offer a window to target airway remodelling before irreversible damage develops.