Respiratory Tract Disorders

An Introduction to Respiratory Tract Disorders

Respiratory Tract Disorders affect many people globally, including 235 million with asthma and 64 million with COPD. Treatment advances over the past two decades have improved the quality of life and life expectancy of patients with diseases such as COPD and asthma, but further research into novel treatments is a large area of unmet need.

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Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris: Highlights from CHEST 2021

We had the absolute pleasure to meet with President-Designate of CHEST, Professor Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA) who gave us some of the key highlights from this year’s annual meeting of CHEST, 17-20 October 2021. Questions What were your personal highlights of CHEST 2021? (0:34) How has CHEST […]

Respiratory Tract Disorders

Aging and Respiratory Diseases

Shahrukh Arif, Margaret A Pisani

US Respiratory and Pulmonary Diseases. 2020;5(1):33-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17925/USPRD.2020.5.1.33

As our ability to treat and manage chronic medical conditions improves, we will see a greater number of our patients manifesting physiologic as well as pathologic changes associated with aging. The objective of this article is to provide a brief overview of physiologic changes seen in the respiratory system with aging, and to discuss commonly […]

Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Tract Disorders

Respiratory Syncytial Virus – the Quest for Effective Prevention

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus that causes lung and respiratory tract infections. It is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, and is the second largest cause of death in children under 1 year of age. In 2017, it was estimated that RSV causes around 33.1 million episodes, 3.2 million hospital admissions, […]

Respiratory Tract Disorders

Foreword – European Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases, 2016;2(1):

Mário Morais-Almeida

European Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases, 2016;2(1):

Welcome to the latest edition of European Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases, which features a diverse range of articles covering a number of therapeutic areas. This edition begins with a discussion of a relatively new and controversial positive airway pressure (PAP) unit. Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) is a non-invasive ventilatory PAP therapy for the treatment of adults […]

Respiratory Tract Disorders

Letter from the Editor

David Price

European Respiratory and Pulmonary Diseases, 2015;1(1):13 DOI: //doi.org/10.17925/ERPD.2015.01.01.13

Dear Colleague It is a privilege and a pleasure to welcome you to European Respiratory and Pulmonary Diseases. This new journal is an annual publication that aims to publish unbiased, balanced reviews, case reports, practice guides, theoretical discussions and original research on topics of interest to the respiratory community. Our reviews are written by worldrenowned […]

Respiratory Tract Disorders

Foreword – European Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases, 2015;1(1):11

Marc Miravitlles

European Respiratory & Pulmonary Diseases, 2015;1(1):11

Welcome to the first edition of European Respiratory and Pulmonary Diseases. This new annual journal aims to provide members of the respiratory community a wide range of high-quality review articles, editorials and case studies written by key opinion leaders from a variety of respiratory disciplines. This issue begins with an editorial from Almeida discussing new […]

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