PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2491896
Filipe Froes, George Kassianos
{"title":"Why not a 95-95-95 strategy for influenza by 2030?","authors":"Filipe Froes, George Kassianos","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2491896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2491896","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2491896"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042595","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: 2024-11-12DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2024.2425503
Simone Petrarulo, Claudia Ravaglia, Sissel Kronborg White, Line Bille Madsen, Frederik Lex, Alessandra Dubini, Elisabetta Fabbri, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Paolo Spagnolo, Sara Piciucchi, Venerino Poletti
{"title":"The clinical meaning of the UIP pattern in fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis on cryobiopsy: A multicentre retrospective study.","authors":"Simone Petrarulo, Claudia Ravaglia, Sissel Kronborg White, Line Bille Madsen, Frederik Lex, Alessandra Dubini, Elisabetta Fabbri, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Paolo Spagnolo, Sara Piciucchi, Venerino Poletti","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2425503","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2425503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (f-HP) is an interstitial lung disease in which various antigens in susceptible individuals may play a pathogenetic role. This study evaluates the role of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in identifying a UIP-like pattern and its association with fibrosis progression. We conducted a multicentre retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with f-HP who underwent BAL and TBLC between 2011 and 2023. A UIP-like pattern was defined by the presence of (A) patchy fibrosis and fibroblastic foci or (B) honeycombing ± (A). We investigated BAL's role in predicting UIP-like patterns within a clinical-radiological-serological framework, examining disease progression in these patients using spirometry and mortality data. A total of 195 patients were enrolled, 59 (30%) of whom exhibited a UIP-like pattern. These patients showed greater lung function decline, lower BAL lymphocytosis (14.4% vs. 37.4%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), higher nintedanib prescription (35% vs. 14%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and higher 10-year mortality (HR 2.8, 95% CI 1.3-5.8, <i>p</i> = 0.004). f-HP patients with a UIP-like pattern exhibit worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality. In cases of low BAL lymphocytosis with a high pre-test clinical suspicion of f-HP, lung biopsy may not be necessary as it increases the likelihood of identifying a UIP-like pattern.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2425503"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069514","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: 2025-06-27DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2522015
Ana Machado, Chris Burtin, Alda Marques
{"title":"How should we determine the presence of functional impairment in people with COPD?","authors":"Ana Machado, Chris Burtin, Alda Marques","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2522015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2522015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2522015"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144509430","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: 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2497179
Grace Oscullo, Amina Bekki, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García
{"title":"Bronchodilators in bronchiectasis: A story difficult to understand.","authors":"Grace Oscullo, Amina Bekki, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2497179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2497179","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2497179"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144129302","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.2023.07.002
M J Nasiri, D R Silva, F Rommasi, M M Zahmatkesh, Z Tajabadi, F Khelghati, T Sarmastzadeh, R Centis, L D'Ambrosio, S Bombarda, M P Dalcolmo, T Galvão, F C de Queiroz Mello, M F Rabahi, E Pontali, I Solovic, M Tadolini, L Marconi, S Tiberi, M van den Boom, G Sotgiu, G B Migliori
{"title":"Vaccination in post-tuberculosis lung disease management: A review of the evidence.","authors":"M J Nasiri, D R Silva, F Rommasi, M M Zahmatkesh, Z Tajabadi, F Khelghati, T Sarmastzadeh, R Centis, L D'Ambrosio, S Bombarda, M P Dalcolmo, T Galvão, F C de Queiroz Mello, M F Rabahi, E Pontali, I Solovic, M Tadolini, L Marconi, S Tiberi, M van den Boom, G Sotgiu, G B Migliori","doi":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction and objectives: </strong>Post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD), as other chronic respiratory disorders, may have infectious complications; some of them can be prevented with vaccinations. So far, no document has discussed the potential role of vaccination in PTLD. Therefore, the objective of this review was to describe vaccination recommendations to prevent infections potentially capable of complicating PTLD.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A non-systematic review of the literature was conducted. The following keywords were used: tuberculosis, vaccination, vaccines and PTLD. PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase were used as the search engine, focusing on English-language literature only.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 9 vaccines potentially useful in PTLD. Influenza, pneumococcal and anti-COVID-19 vaccinations should be recommended. Patients with PTLD can also benefit from vaccination against shingles. Vaccination against pertussis is mainly relevant during childhood. Diphtheria, tetanus and measles vaccination are recommended for general population and should be considered in patients with PTLD not previously vaccinated. Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) booster should be repeated in every adult every ten years. Vaccination against BCG retains its importance during early childhood in countries where TB is endemic.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Vaccination deserves to be considered among the strategies to prevent and/or mitigate PTLD complications. Further evidence is necessary to better understand which vaccines have the greatest impact and cost-benefit.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":" ","pages":"2416801"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10172832","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: 2025-07-21DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2532973
Kjell Erik Julius Håkansson, Rikke Ibsen, Niels Steen Krogh, Marianne Baastrup Soendergaard, Susanne Hansen, Anne-Sofie Bjerrum, Anna von Bülow, Ole Hilberg, Anders Løkke, Barbara Bonnesen Bertelsen, Claus Rikard Johnsen, Sofie Lock Johansson, Lycely Dongo, Maria Bisgaard Borup, Roxana Vijdea, Linda Makowska Rasmussen, Johannes Martin Schmid, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Celeste Porsbjerg
{"title":"Financial burden of productivity loss in severe asthma and impact of biologic therapy.","authors":"Kjell Erik Julius Håkansson, Rikke Ibsen, Niels Steen Krogh, Marianne Baastrup Soendergaard, Susanne Hansen, Anne-Sofie Bjerrum, Anna von Bülow, Ole Hilberg, Anders Løkke, Barbara Bonnesen Bertelsen, Claus Rikard Johnsen, Sofie Lock Johansson, Lycely Dongo, Maria Bisgaard Borup, Roxana Vijdea, Linda Makowska Rasmussen, Johannes Martin Schmid, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Celeste Porsbjerg","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2532973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2532973","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Severe asthma leads to considerable productivity loss; however, patients' financial impact and the potential reversal through biologic therapy remain unexplored.</p><p><strong>Research question: </strong>What is the financial burden of productivity loss among employed individuals with severe asthma, and does it change during biologic therapy?</p><p><strong>Study design and methods: </strong>Employed individuals from the Danish Severe Asthma Register (2016-2022) were included. Salary data were sourced from national registries, while productivity loss was measured using the Workplace Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) Questionnaire at baseline and after a minimum of four months of biologic therapy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 132 employed individuals (mean age 47.9 years, 39% female, mean annual salary € 74,646) were included. Before biologic therapy, productivity impairment was 39.1%. presenteeism and absenteeism rates were 35.8% and 11.3%, respectively, equating to annual productivity losses of € 28,880 per individual.On treatment, overall impairment was 17.6%, with significant reductions in both presenteeism and absenteeism, corresponding to annual loss reductions of € 16,506 per individual.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>The financial burden of productivity loss in severe asthma is substantial, primarily due to presenteeism. Biologic therapy significantly enhances productivity, suggesting that much of the individual financial burden can be reversed.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2532973"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676512","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: 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2571016
Diogo Antunes, Rita Oliveira, Marisa Paulino, Fernanda Paula Santos, Filipe Froes
{"title":"Severe acute asthma exacerbations under biological agents: A new therapeutic paradigm?","authors":"Diogo Antunes, Rita Oliveira, Marisa Paulino, Fernanda Paula Santos, Filipe Froes","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2571016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2571016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2571016"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145253796","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: 2025-05-12DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2486881
Jing Fan, Shu Cong, Yang Zhang, Xiao Jiang, Ning Wang, Liwen Fang, Yahong Chen
{"title":"Associations of pre-COPD indicators with lung function decline and their longitudinal transitions.","authors":"Jing Fan, Shu Cong, Yang Zhang, Xiao Jiang, Ning Wang, Liwen Fang, Yahong Chen","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2486881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2486881","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pre-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) indicators are associated with COPD development, but their associations with lung function decline in persons without COPD and their longitudinal transitions remain uncertain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this prospective cohort study, 3526 subjects without COPD from the 2014-2015 national COPD surveillance in China were investigated for a second time during 2018-2020. Four potential pre-COPD indicators at baseline were chronic bronchitis, preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm), low peak expiratory flow (PEF), and spirometric small airway dysfunction (sSAD). To include the incident COPD subjects in the lung function decline analysis for consistent indicators, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV<sub>1</sub>) <80% predicted was used instead of PRISm. Lung function outcomes were the declines in post-bronchodilator FEV<sub>1</sub>, forced vital capacity (FVC), and FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Subjects with initial chronic bronchitis had faster declines in FEV<sub>1</sub> and FVC compared with those without initial chronic bronchitis among smokers. Consistent chronic bronchitis was associated with faster declines in FEV<sub>1</sub> and FVC among non-smokers. Consistent sSAD was associated with faster declines in FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC among smokers and non-smokers. Consistent FEV<sub>1</sub> <80% predicted and consistent low PEF were associated with a faster decline in FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC among smokers. Incident COPD developed from sSAD in almost half of the cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Initial chronic bronchitis and consistent FEV<sub>1</sub> <80% predicted, sSAD, and low PEF are associated with excessive lung function decline among smokers, while consistent chronic bronchitis and sSAD are associated with excessive lung function decline among non-smokers. Initial sSAD accounts for a larger proportion of incident COPD than initial chronic bronchitis, PRISm, and low PEF.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2486881"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045793","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: 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2024.2411801
Xinkun Shen, Qiang Zhou, Qian Guo
{"title":"Correspondence: Synergistic effect of public health and social work in the pre-detection of tuberculous pleurisy.","authors":"Xinkun Shen, Qiang Zhou, Qian Guo","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2411801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2024.2411801","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2411801"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069687","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}
{"title":"Pulmonary metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.","authors":"Qinghua Cao, Cuiping Zhang, Lixia Li, Haifei Li, Xiang Li, Fan Wanfeng","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2498280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2498280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare, locally aggressive sarcoma with a low metastatic potential. This report describes a 73-year-old woman with a history of recurrent scalp dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans who presented with an asymptomatic pulmonary nodule detected via computed tomography. The nodule, which gradually enlarged over four years, was confirmed as metastatic dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans through wedge resection and histopathological analysis. This case emphasizes that hematogenous spread to the lungs should be considered in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans patients with a history of recurrence, particularly when pulmonary nodules are detected.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2498280"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175560","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}