LibGuides: HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Respiratory Journal, The (Jan); Cochrane Library (Jan); Heart & Lung (Mar-Apr); JAMA (Jan); Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The (Jan); NICE website (Jan-4th Feb)

January 2025

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (BMJ state of the art review)

Alectinib for adjuvant treatment of ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (new NICE guidance TA1014)

Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (NICE NG245)

See also: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (SIGN 245); Asthma pathway (NICE NG244); British guideline on the management of asthma (SIGN 158)

Biological and therapeutic implications of the cancer-related germline mutation landscape in lung cancer

Community-acquired pneumonia (JAMA review)

Comparison of platinum combination chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab versus platinum combination chemotherapy plus nivolumab–ipilimumab for treatment-naive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in Japan (JCOG2007)

Effects of aerobic exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation on quality of life in pediatric asthma

Efficacy and safety of gefapixant in women with chronic cough and cough-induced stress urinary incontinence

Evaluation of elexacaftor–tezacaftor–ivacaftor treatment in individuals with cystic fibrosis and CFTRN1303K in the USA

Interactions between respiratory syncytial virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the pathogenesis of childhood respiratory infections

Long-term efficacy and safety of two short standardised regimens for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (STREAM stage 2)

Lung transplantation (NEJM review)

Nintedanib for patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a phase 2, open-label, single-arm study

A nomogram for predicting recurrence in stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Pembrolizumab with chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) then alone after surgery (adjuvant) for treating resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (new NICE guidance TA1018)

Rethinking bronchiectasis as an inflammatory disease

Safety and efficacy of rodatristat ethyl for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (ELEVATE-2)

Savolitinib in patients in China with locally advanced or metastatic treatment-naive non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring MET exon 14 skipping mutations

Stereotactic body radiotherapy with sequential tislelizumab and chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer in China (SACTION01)

Supplemental oxygen prescriptions after hospitalization for coronavirus disease 2019

An unusual pulmonary complication of smoking

Sources

BMJ, The (Oct); Clinical Respiratory Journal, The (Nov-Dec); Heart and Lung (Jan-Feb); JAMA (Oct); Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The (Nov-Dec); NEJM (Nov); NICE website (Nov)

November 2024

Cardiometabolic Index and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cross-sectional study

Chest x-ray comparison between drug-resistant and drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis in children

Cluster analysis of blood biomarkers to identify molecular patterns in pulmonary fibrosis: assessment of a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort with independent validation

Comparison between endobronchial-guided transbronchial biopsy and computed tomography–guided transthoracic lung biopsy for the diagnosis of central pulmonary lesions

Early-life respiratory syncytial virus disease and long-term respiratory health

Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023: a retrospective surveillance study

Influenza-associated and COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients

A meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy for resectable non-small cell lung cancer

Mirtazapine to alleviate severe breathlessness in patients with COPD or interstitial lung diseases (BETTER-B)

Non‐invasive positive pressure ventilation for acute asthma in children (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Personalized ventilation adjustment in ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis of image, driving pressure, transpulmonary pressure, and mechanical power

Plinabulin plus docetaxel versus docetaxel in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer after disease progression on platinum-based regimen (DUBLIN-3)

Respiratory, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension: An updated systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies

Respiratory syncytial virus infections in adults: a narrative review

Routine in-hospital interventions during acute exacerbation of COPD are associated with improved 30-day care

SARS-CoV-2 and RSV bronchiolitis outcomes

Self-care styles of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mixed methods case study

Stroke in critically ill patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19: Disparities between low-middle and high-income countries

Vitamin D for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

Clinical Respiratory Journal, The (Sep-Oct); Cochrane Library (Sep-Oct); Heart and Lung (Sep-Dec); Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The (Sep-Oct)

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