Identifying Bronchiectasis: Key Clinical Presentations to Consider

Also known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, black lung disease (or miner’s lung) is typically the result of inhaling coal dust for many years that causes scarring in the lungs and makes breathing increasingly difficult. The prevalence of black lung has been on the rise in the US.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, a research scholar at the Marron Institute of Urban Management at New York University discusses the latest findings in the Health of the Air report, which was presented at the recent American Thoracic Society 2021 International Conference.

The identification of unique pulmonary fibrosis endotypes is an important step in the development of precision medicine approaches for the incurable condition.

Courtney Blair, MD, discusses how COVID-19 has impacted patients with allergies and other respiratory conditions.

While both drugs slowed down lung function decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), they were also linked to more deaths and increased incidence of acute exacerbation of IPF in real-world settings.

Patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (ILD) who began supplemental oxygen therapy had triple the per patient per month ILD-related health care costs compared with those who did not.