Highlights from June
This month’s handpicked reading list
ASTHMA
A patient-level meta-analysis explored how sex modifies prognostic values of clinical characteristics, blood eosinophil count, and exhaled nitric oxide for severe asthma attacks.
糖心原创 INFECTIONS
A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials investigated the current profile concerning efficacy and safety of anti-inflammatory therapies for bronchiectasis.
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CRITICAL CARE
A secondary analysis of a prospective observational study found that there was not a strong relationship between surrogate-reported treatment priorities and ICU care delivery, underscoring the need for ongoing efforts to achieve individualized, goal-concordant care for patients with critical illness.
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DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE
A multicenter prospective cohort study investigated the association between recovery time from exertional desaturation following 6-minute walk test and disease severity and progression in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease.
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EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
A cross-sectional observational study examines the extent to which otherwise healthy, young adults who report regular e-cigarette use and no tobacco smoking history exhibited altered cardiopulmonary function during exercise and blunted recruitment of pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide.
THORACIC ONCOLOGY
A pragmatic randomized clinical trial explored the impact of the number of outreach messages and monetary incentives on enrollment in smoking cessation treatment among Latino adults.