NZ Respiratory Research Review Issue 228

In this issue:

– Social media use and cigarette/ e-cigarette use among UK youth

– E-cigarettes vs. varenicline for smoking cessation

– COPD development in later life among susceptible young adults

– Impact of PM2.5 from landscape fires on cardiorespiratory hospital admissions

– Early diagnosis and treatment of COPD and asthma

– Healthcare inequities for end-of-life COPD care

– Australian Aboriginals’ healthcare experiences for COPD

– Impact of prediagnosis exacerbations and blood eosinophils on COPD exacerbation risk

– RSV vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisations/ED visits in patients aged ≥60 years

– Accelerated lung function decline and mucus-microbe evolution in COPD

– Long-term daily oxygen therapy for 24 or 15 hours in severe hypoxaemia

– In-hospital high-flow nasal vs. conventional oxygen for respiratory illness

– Mirtazapine for severe breathlessness in COPD/interstitial lung disease

– Environmental impact of pressurised MDIs