Clinical Insights

smoking
smoking
03/12/2020
A research team led by Miranda P. Ween, PhD, and Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD, performed a systematic review of recent evidence to gain more insight on the health effects of e-cigarette use. Pulmonology...
03/12/2020
Treatment
Treatment
02/11/2020
To determine the safety and impact of TLD on respiratory adverse events among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a research team conducted a multicenter trial involving 82 patients....
02/11/2020
Pathology
Pathology
02/05/2020
A better understanding of the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will help create more-effective, and even preventive, therapies for patients. Lead author of a new update on the...
02/05/2020
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
01/30/2020
He discusses his latest research that assessed whether Medicaid expansion affects mechanical ventilation rates among hospitalized patients with HF, asthma, and COPD.
01/30/2020
smoking
smoking
12/19/2019
Cochair of the ATS Tobacco Action Committee, Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, answered our questions about what we know about VAPI and the related cases.
12/19/2019
smoking
smoking
10/08/2019
Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD, answers our questions about recent documents published by the American Thoracic Society on vaping-associated pulmonary illness and what pulmonologists need to know about this...
10/08/2019
smoking
smoking
10/04/2019
Chair of the ATS Tobacco Action Committee, Michelle N. Eakin, PhD, answered our questions about the health effects of vaping, what we know about the long-term effects, and the ongoing studies that will...
10/04/2019
smoking
smoking
07/17/2019
A new review examined COPD and smoking status in the United States in 2017. Lead author Anne G. Wheaton, PhD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, answered our questions about the review. ...
07/17/2019
Editorial
Editorial
05/13/2019
Dean Gianakos, MD, a Consultant360 Board Member, reflects on a smoking cessation article that was originally published in the April 1990 issue of Consultant.
05/13/2019
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
04/16/2019
In our previous podcast with John Mastronarde, MD, he told us all about the controversy around asthma-COPD overlap. In this soundbite, he outlines the top 3 takeaways for pulmonologists.
04/16/2019