Background Few studies exist investigating lung function trajectories of those born preterm;
however growing evidence suggests some individuals experience increasing airway …

Exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which tend to occur in
clusters and increase with disease severity, come with high societal and economic burdens …

COPD is a devastating respiratory condition that manifests via persistent inflammation,
emphysema development and small airway remodelling. Lung regeneration is defined as …

Lung health, the development of lung disease, and how well a person with lung disease is
able to live all depend on a wide range of societal factors. These systemic factors that …

Background Although inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are highly effective in asthma, they
provide significant, but modest, clinical benefit in COPD. Here, we tested the hypothesis that …

Purpose Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is considered a cost-effective method of improving
health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS International respiratory organizations now recommend using
lower limit of normal and standardized residuals to diagnose airflow obstruction and COPD …

This is an update on the Bern Basel Infant Lung Development (BILD-) cohort profile
published in 2012. 1 The BILD-cohort is a prospective birth cohort study with ongoing …

With high prevalence and high burden, the condition we call chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is not so much a respiratory concern as a public-health epidemic [1]. This is …

Rationale: Small airway disease is an important pathophysiological feature of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recently,“pre-COPD” has been put forward as a …