Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) remains poorly understood and, consequently,
largely underused in respiratory medicine. In addition to a widespread lack of knowledge of …

Impact of obesity on pulmonary function: current understandi... : Current Opinion in Pulmonary
Medicine Impact of obesity on pulmonary function: current understanding and knowledge gaps …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES To identify the sociodemographic, lifestyle, comorbidity and
antihypertensive medication associations with the development of hospitalisation with covid …

Rationale: Obesity presents a mechanical load to the thorax, which could perturb the
generation of minute ventilation (V̇e) during exercise. Because the respiratory effects of …

In cardiopulmonary medicine, residual exertional dyspnea (RED) can be defined by the
persistence of limiting breathlessness in a patient who is already under the best available …

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) remain of foremost relevance to the management of patients
with respiratory diseases. The recently published European Respiratory Society …

Obesity is a prevalent chronic disease. The management of extreme obesity–ie, body mass
index (BMI)≥ 50 kg/m2 or obesity class IV and V–is still far from ideal. Individuals with …

Many scholars consider prognosis the key scientific achievement of the Hippocratic tradition
(1). As depicted earlier, the ancient Greek definition of prognosis makes clear that it is not …

Dear editors, There are few specialties in which the functional evaluation assumes the same
pivotal role as in respiratory medicine. Although the patterns of abnormalities exposed by …

(1) Background and Objectives: Morbid obesity significantly increases the prevalence of
comorbidities, such as heart disease, restrictive lung disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus and …