PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.09.004
R G S Andrade, J F Masa, J-C Borel, L F Drager, P R Genta, B Mokhlesi, G Lorenzi-Filho
{"title":"Impact of treating obesity hypoventilation syndrome on body mass index.","authors":"R G S Andrade, J F Masa, J-C Borel, L F Drager, P R Genta, B Mokhlesi, G Lorenzi-Filho","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>To evaluate the impact of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on body mass index (BMI) in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: A systematic review using the following terms: \"obesity hypoventilation syndrome\" AND \"treatment\" AND \"randomized\" using Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline and Web of Science was performed from the first data available until February 10, 2023. The inclusion criteria were: (1) original article; (2) adult OHS with concomitant OSA (apnea-hypopnea index or AHI ≥5 events/h); (3) randomized trial with PAP arm and standard care (control); (4) BMI evaluation at baseline and after the first months. We performed an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our initial search retrieved 32 articles and 3 randomized studies fulfilled study criteria and were included in the final analysis, leading to a total of 342 participants. Patients were predominantly females (62%) and had OHS associated with at least mild OSA. As compared to baseline, a decrease in BMI was observed at study endpoint but this difference was not different intergroups (-0.50 ± 1.49 and -0.50 ±1.83, in control and PAP groups respectively (p=0.939)). Weight change was not associate with PAP adherence, OSA severity or use of supplemental oxygen.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In contrast to treatment of eucapnic OSA with PAP that is associated with weight gain, treatment of OSA+OHS patients with or without PAP is associated with weight loss. Future studies are necessary to elucidate the mechanism by which weight loss occurs.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":" ","pages":"2416816"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.09.005
P Weber, A M B Menezes, H Gonçalves, P D de Oliveira, A Wendt, R Perez-Padilla, F C Wehrmeister
{"title":"Smoking exposure trajectories and pulmonary function in early adulthood in a Brazilian cohort.","authors":"P Weber, A M B Menezes, H Gonçalves, P D de Oliveira, A Wendt, R Perez-Padilla, F C Wehrmeister","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate smoking trajectories and their association with pulmonary function (PF) and respiratory symptoms at age 22.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from a population-based cohort study of 3350 individuals and their spirometries were analysed. The outcomes were: forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV<sub>1</sub>), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory flow at the mid expiratory phase (FEF<sub>25-75 %</sub>), FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC and FEF<sub>25-75</sub>/FVC ratio. Smoking data were collected at perinatal follow-up (gestational exposure) and 15, 18 and 22 years. Group-based trajectory model was applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four groups were identified: no exposure (NE), gestational (GE), gestational and adulthood (GAE) and continuous (CE) exposure. Both CE and GAE trajectories were associated with lower values of FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC (-1.77pp; <i>p</i> = 0.01 and -1.58 pp; <i>p</i><0.001 respectively) and FEF<sub>25-75</sub>/FVC ratio (-7.27pp; <i>p</i> = 0.019 and -6.04pp; <i>p</i><0.001 respectively) compared to the NE trajectory. Lower FEV<sub>1</sub> and FEF<sub>25-75 %</sub> values were also related to the GAE trajectory (-68 ml; <i>p</i> = 0.03 and -253 ml/s<sub>;</sub> <i>p</i><0.001 respectively). Compared to those who never smoked, individuals who smoked 10 or more cigarettes daily presented a reduction in the FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC ratio by 1.37pp (<i>p</i><0.001), FEF<sub>25-75 %</sub> by 126 ml (<i>p</i> = 0.012) and FEF<sub>25-75 %</sub>/FVC ratio by 3.62pp (<i>p</i> = 0.011). CE trajectory showed higher odds of wheezing (OR 4.14; <i>p</i><0.001) and cough (OR 2.39; <i>p</i> = 0.002) compared to the non-exposed group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The in-uterus exposure to maternal smoking reduces PF later in life. However, the perpetuation of smoking behaviour throughout adolescence and early adulthood is determinant for PF main reduction and the emergence of respiratory-related symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":" ","pages":"2416818"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71415277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2025-02-05DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2457856
Irina Surovtsova, Felix J F Herth, Daria B Kokh, Philipp Morakis
{"title":"Outcomes of Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC: Real-world evidence.","authors":"Irina Surovtsova, Felix J F Herth, Daria B Kokh, Philipp Morakis","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2457856","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2457856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pembrolizumab with chemotherapy (immunochemotherapy) has shown encouraging overall survival (OS) benefits in non-squamous mNSCLC, as demonstrated by the KEYNOTE-189 trial. However, randomised controlled trials may not fully capture the diversity of real-world patients. This study aims to evaluate immunochemotherapy outcomes in a real-world setting, including subgroups underrepresented in the KEYNOTE-189 trial.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients diagnosed with non-squamous mNSCLC 2011-2022 and recorded in Cancer Registry Database of the German Federal State Baden-Württemberg (BWCR), were analysed. OS was assessed using Kaplan-Meier and multivariable Cox models, adjusted for major clinical parameters. Results were compared with KEYNOTE-189.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 2630 eligible cases, 1314 patients received chemotherapy alone and 1316 received immunochemotherapy. Median OS (mOS) was 14.1 months (95%CI: 13.1-15.4) for immunochemotherapy and 10.4 months (95%CI: 9.7-11.2) for chemotherapy alone, with an HR of 0.7 (95%CI: 0.64-0.77). A significant benefit was seen in M1c stage (HR 0.7, 95%CI: 0.63-0.79). No significant OS improvement was observed in patients with ECOG 2-3 or bone metastases.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This real-world evidence suggests that immunochemotherapy generally improves OS in mNSCLC. Subgroup analysis showed no survival benefit for patients with ECOG >1 or bone metastasis, but a benefit for patients with M1c stage.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2457856"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.05.003
{"title":"Disseminated tuberculosis mimicking pleural mesothelioma in a polycythemia vera patient treated with ruxolitinib","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 668-670"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141201312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.02.001
{"title":"What do we know about macrolides immunomodulatory therapeutic potential in respiratory disease in 2023","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 509-511"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139944694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.12.005
{"title":"Prone position for acute respiratory distress syndrome and the hazards of meta-analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Researchers have tried unsuccessfully for many years using randomized controlled trials to show the efficacy of prone ventilation in treating ARDS. These failed attempts were of use in designing the successful PROSEVA trial, published in 2013. However, the evidence provided by meta-analyses in support of prone ventilation for ARDS was too low to be conclusive. The present study shows that meta-analysis is indeed not the best approach for the assessment of evidence as to the efficacy of prone ventilation.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We performed a cumulative meta-analysis to prove that only the PROSEVA trial, due to its strong protective effect, has substantially impacted on the outcome.</div><div>We also replicated nine published meta-analyses including the PROSEVA trial. We performed leave-one-out analyses, removing one trial at a time from each meta-analysis, measuring <em>p</em> values for effect size, and also the Cochran's Q test for heterogeneity assessment. We represented these analyses in a scatter plot to identify outlier studies influencing heterogeneity or overall effect size. We used interaction tests to formally identify and evaluate differences with the PROSEVA trial.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The positive effect of the PROSEVA trial accounted for most of the heterogeneity and for the reduction of overall effect size in the meta-analyses. The interaction tests we conducted on the nine meta-analyses formally confirmed the difference in the effectiveness of prone ventilation between the PROSEVA trial the other studies.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The clinical lack of homogeneity between the PROSEVA trial design and the other studies should have discouraged the use of meta-analysis. Statistical considerations support this hypothesis, suggesting that the PROSEVA trial is an independent source of evidence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 529-536"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874051/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9187052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.06.006
Y. Hu , L. Wang , K. Yao , Q. Wang
{"title":"Atypical surge of hospitalized and severe cases of pertussis: A single center 19-years study from China","authors":"Y. Hu , L. Wang , K. Yao , Q. Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 636-638"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141604500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.01.005
{"title":"Profile of emergency department overuse in hospitalized patients with pulmonary disease and its impact on mortality","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.01.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction and objectives</h3><div>Portugal is one of the countries with the highest number of visits to the emergency department (ED), 31% classified as “non-urgent” or “avoidable.” The objectives of our study were to evaluate the size and characteristics of patients with pulmonary disease who overuse the ED, and identify factors associated with mortality.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>A retrospective cohort study was conducted, based on the medical records of ED frequent users (ED-FU) with pulmonary disease who attended a university hospital center in the northern inner city of Lisbon from January 1 to December 31, 2019. To evaluate mortality, a follow-up until December 31, 2020 was performed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Over 5,567 (4.3%) patients were identified as ED-FU and 174 (0.14%) had pulmonary disease as the main clinical condition, accounting for 1,030 ED visits. 77.2% of ED visits were categorized as “urgent/very urgent.” A high mean age (67.8 years), male gender, social and economic vulnerability, high burden of chronic disease and comorbidities, with a high degree of dependency, characterized the profile of these patients. A high proportion (33.9%) of patients did not have a family physician assigned and this was the most important factor associated with mortality (<em>p</em><0.001; OR: 24.394; CI 95%: 6.777–87.805). Advanced cancer disease and autonomy deficit were other clinical factors that most determined the prognosis.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Pulmonary ED-FU are a small group of ED-FU who constitute an aged and heterogeneous group with a high burden of chronic disease and disability. The lack of an assigned family physician was the most important factor associated with mortality, as well as advanced cancer disease and autonomy deficit.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"30 6","pages":"Pages 586-594"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10739359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}