PulmonologyPub Date : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-03-25DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2650732
Zhao Xuemei
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Pulmonary blood volume redistribution in COVID-19 patients of different severity and its predictive value for six-month outcomes in the less pathogenic Omicron variant.","authors":"Zhao Xuemei","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2650732","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2650732","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2650732"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147516608","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-02-20DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2630540
Suman Pradhan, Subhasish Chatterjee, Mousumi Saha
{"title":"Letter to the editor - dual-correction robotic bronchoscopy system with ultra-thin catheter for diagnosing challenging peripheral pulmonary nodules.","authors":"Suman Pradhan, Subhasish Chatterjee, Mousumi Saha","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2630540","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2630540","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2630540"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146229729","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-04-23DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2664334
Di Lian
{"title":"Letter to the editor: Methodological considerations on the longitudinal changes of obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular outcomes.","authors":"Di Lian","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2664334","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2664334","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2664334"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789220","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-01-07DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2607932
Ge Hu, Zhenchen Zhu, Zhengsong Pan, Weixiong Tan, Wei Han, Zifeng Wu, Zhen Zhou, Xinlun Tian, Wei Song, Yizhou Yu, Lan Song, Zhengyu Jin
{"title":"Pulmonary blood volume redistribution in COVID-19 patients of different severity and its predictive value for six-month outcomes in the less pathogenic Omicron variant.","authors":"Ge Hu, Zhenchen Zhu, Zhengsong Pan, Weixiong Tan, Wei Han, Zifeng Wu, Zhen Zhou, Xinlun Tian, Wei Song, Yizhou Yu, Lan Song, Zhengyu Jin","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2607932","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2607932","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The redistribution of pulmonary blood volume (PBV) across COVID-19 severity levels and its prognostic value for the less pathogenic, predominantly upper respiratory tract-infecting Omicron variant remain unclear. This study investigates PBV distribution patterns and validates its predictive utility for Omicron outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study enrolled consecutive patients (November 2022-January 2023) with baseline CT and clinical data, followed for six months. Patients were divided into mild/moderate (MM) and severe/critical (SC) groups according to COVID-19 severity. Pre-trained deep learning algorithms quantified total, lobar, and vessel-size-specific PBV. Adjusted multivariable analyses determined odds ratios (OR) for clinical outcomes, and logistic regression models based on PBV were constructed to predict adverse events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 921 patients (61 ± 20 years, 460 men), 755 were in the MM group and 166 in the SC group. Compared to MM patients, SC patients showed significantly lower total PBV (259 mL vs. 239 mL, <i>p</i> = 0.002) and redistribution from lower to upper lobes (upper vs. lower; MM, 21% vs. 23%; SC, 23% vs. 18%) and from small-calibre (≤5 mm<sup>2</sup>, 44% vs. 32%, <i>p</i> < 0.0005) to large-calibre (>10 mm<sup>2</sup>, 39% vs. 51%, <i>p</i> < 0.0005) vessels. PBV (especially in vessels ≤5 mm<sup>2</sup>) predicted six-month composite outcomes (OR = 4.66, AUC = 0.79, sensitivity = 92%) and mortality (OR = 3.34, AUC = 0.75, sensitivity = 93%) for the Omicron variant with high sensitivity, but at a higher risk threshold (42%) than that reported for more pathogenic variants in previous publications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Severe/critical COVID-19 is associated with reduced PBV and its redistribution across lung regions and vessel sizes. PBV retains predictive value for clinical outcomes in the immune-evasive Omicron variant.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2607932"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145936279","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-04-27DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2664927
Aarunee Srivastava, Sandeep Pattnaik
{"title":"Correspondence 'Trajectories of lung recovery following COVID-19 in a prospective multicentric cohort study: Impact of sleep apnea and its treatment by continuous positive airway pressure'.","authors":"Aarunee Srivastava, Sandeep Pattnaik","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2664927","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2664927","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2664927"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147789169","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-10-20DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2751277
Mert Saynak, Funda Çukurçayır
{"title":"Reframing thoracic radiotherapy in the immunotherapy era: The critical role of volume, time, and dose in immune preservation.","authors":"Mert Saynak, Funda Çukurçayır","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2751277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2026.2751277","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2751277"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149225471","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-10-14DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2748138
Luna Zhao, Yifei Yao, Dong Liu
{"title":"Correspondence on \"ALPHA-1 antitrypsin genotype, sex, and lung cancer: Clinical and molecular characterisation\" by García-Rodríguez et al.","authors":"Luna Zhao, Yifei Yao, Dong Liu","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2748138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2026.2748138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2748138"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149185834","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-02-13DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2629621
Shanvi Priya, Mousumi Saha, Shivi Bajpai
{"title":"Comment on \"Prevalence, type, and clinical implications of CFTR variants in bronchiectasis\".","authors":"Shanvi Priya, Mousumi Saha, Shivi Bajpai","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2629621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2026.2629621","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2629621"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146183152","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 : 2026-12-01Epub Date: 2026-02-13DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2026.2630425
Debarghya Sen, Mousumi Saha, Suman Pradhan
{"title":"Prevalence of treatable traits among patients with very severe COPD across STAR and GOLD classification.","authors":"Debarghya Sen, Mousumi Saha, Suman Pradhan","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2026.2630425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2026.2630425","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"32 1","pages":"2630425"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146183323","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}