Patients May Receive Unrealistic Recovery Timelines for Robotic Lung Surgery
A study surveying patients who underwent robotic lung surgery found that many experience longer healing times than the commonly advised six-week recovery period.
A study surveying patients who underwent robotic lung surgery found that many experience longer healing times than the commonly advised six-week recovery period.
Breathing through the nose leads to several benefits, including lower blood pressure and other factors that could predict heart disease risk.
A study of more than 9,000 persons screened for lung cancer found that rates of downstream procedures and complications associated with screening are substantially higher in routine clinical practice than previously observed.
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and Pulmonary Hypertension Association have developed a position statement that addresses gaps in the diagnosis and treatment of patients living with pulmonary hypertension related to interstitial lung disease.
Despite advancements, a Michigan Medicine study finds that the death rate for pulmonary embolism remains high and unchanged in recent years—more often killing men, Black patients, and those from rural areas.
An elementary school teacher from Kentucky survived two double-lung transplants after a series of respiratory infections destroyed her lungs and hospitalized her for over a year.
AstraZeneca's Imfinzi (durvalumab) concurrently administered with chemoradiotherapy did not achieve a Phase 3 primary endpoint of progression-free survival versus CRT alone for the treatment of patients with unresectable, Stage III non-small cell lung cancer.