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Highlights from March

This month’s handpicked reading list

CHEST INFECTIONS

Adjunctive Corticosteroid Use and Clinical Outcomes in Non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

A multicenter cohort study finds that in patients with non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, higher cumulative corticosteroid exposure was not associated with improved respiratory outcomes and was linked to increased mortality.

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CRITICAL CARE

Effect of Continuous High-Frequency Oscillation Therapy on Lung Aeration in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Impaired Consciousness

A multicenter randomized controlled trial shows that five days of continuous high-frequency oscillation treatment may significantly reduce nonaerated lung tissue in patients with impaired consciousness who are mechanically ventilated.


DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

International Stakeholder Engagement on Clinical Care and Research for Sleep Assessment and Nocturnal Hypoxemia in Pulmonary Fibrosis

An international study explores the current practices for assessment of sleep and nocturnal hypoxemia in pulmonary fibrosis.


EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Lung Function Changes Across the Menopausal Transition

A retrospective cohort study suggests that menopausal status is associated with lung function trajectories of female individuals in midlife, whereas FEV1 changes were modest.


PULMONARY AND CARDIOVASCULAR

Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Improves Prognostic Accuracy of Risk Stratification in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

A nationwide, multicenter retrospective study demonstrates that growth differentiation factor-15 may improve the predictive effects of existing pulmonary arterial hypertension assessment strategies on all-cause mortality.

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THORACIC ONCOLOGY

The Impact of Dual Cannabis and Tobacco Smoking in Young Patients With Lung Cancer

A multicenter prospective study finds that dual cannabis and tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in younger patients with lung cancer and is associated with a higher incidence of emphysema and aggressive tumor types.

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Cardiac Effort to Compare Clinic and Remote 6-Minute Walk Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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