CHEST 2018

After high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, 15% of patients had to be intubated and mechanically ventilated, but the majority stepped down to regular oxygen therapy.

The most common error related to the use of metered dose inhalers was the failure to attach the inhaler to a spacer.

No changes were observed in 12-lead electrocardiographic recordings associated with daily doses of revefenacin 88 μg and 175 μg in patients with COPD.

Within 6 months, 23% of patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease who had received add-on amikacin liposome inhalation suspension had a culture conversion.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who used opioids were more likely to be intubated during their hospitalization compared with nonopioid users

Adolescents with asthma treated with dupilumab experienced significant improvements in FEV1 compared with placebo.

Patients with moderate to severe persistent allergic asthma who were treated with omalizumab experienced greater improvements in lung function after 16 weeks compared with those treated with placebo.

After high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy, 15% of patients had to be intubated and mechanically ventilated, but the majority stepped down to regular oxygen therapy.

When treated with pirfenidone, patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis experienced significant improvements in 6-minute walking distance and University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire scores.

Higher doses of treprostinil significantly delayed time to first pulmonary arterial hypertension-related or all-cause hospitalization.