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Highlights from December

This month’s handpicked reading list

ASTHMA

The Dose-Response of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Combination Inhaled Corticosteroid/Long Acting Beta2-Agonist Maintenance Therapy for Asthma

A systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the inhaled corticosteroid dose-response of maintenance inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta2-agonist therapy.


COPD

Lung Function Decline and Airflow Limitation Risk in Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry Subtypes by Smoking Status

A prospective cohort study shows that both individuals who never smoked and who ever smoked with preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) may progress to COPD, indicating that those who have not smoked may benefit from PRISm evaluation.


DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE

The Impact of the Unknown: Patient Experiences With Uncertainty in Sarcoidosis

A study of semistructured qualitative interviews investigated the ways that patients with sarcoidosis describe their experiences with the disease, how they are impacted by uncertainty around sarcoidosis management, and the challenges they face in receiving care.

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HUMANITIES

The Influence of Hospital Policies on Clinicians’ Decisions to Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment

A study of semistructured interviews with ICU nurses and physicians investigates the ways and extent to which hospital policies influence clinician approaches to decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment among patients admitted to an ICU.

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SLEEP

Association of Hypoxic Burden With Cardiovascular Events

A secondary analysis suggests that high hypoxic burden, but not apnea-hypopnea index greater than or equal to 30 events per hour, was associated with major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events in moderate to severe OSA.

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THORACIC ONCOLOGY

Incidence of Discordant Pleural Fluid Exudates and Diagnostic Patterns

A retrospective analysis shows that discordant pleural effusions are common and represent a biologically distinct entity with different diagnostic patterns compared with concordant effusions.

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