Latest Pulmonology Articles

• No to Azithromycin for Preschoolers with Acute Wheezing in the Emergency Department August 20, 2026
  Acute wheezing attacks are common in preschool-age children. These attacks lead to impaired quality of life1 and are associated with trajectories of poor lung function that may be lifelong, especially in children who are exposed to tobacco smoke and have allergic sensitization.2 Despite increased focus on...
  Andrew Bush, Sejal Saglani
• Mucolytics in Respiratory Failure — A MARCH Forward August 20, 2026
  In patients with acute respiratory failure, difficulty managing respiratory secretions may contribute to adverse outcomes.1 Airway mucus is a multilayered substance consisting of a viscoelastic glycoprotein gel, a liquid layer, and a thin layer of surfactant.2 Mucus is cleared from the airway primarily by the action...
  Carolyn J. La Vita, C. Corey Hardin
• First-Line Sunvozertinib in NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations August 20, 2026
  In NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertions, first-line sunvozertinib led to longer progression-free survival than chemotherapy. The most common adverse events of grade 3 or higher were elevated creatine kinase, diarrhea, and anemia.
  Caicun Zhou, Laurent Greillier, Geoffrey Liu, Thomas John, Ligang Xing, Dariusz Kowalski, Regan M. Memmott, Ozan Yazici, Meili Sun, Catherine A. Shu, Elvire Pons-Tostivint, Yun Fan, Gonzalo Fernandez-Hinojal, Elaine Shum, Mengzhao Wang, Federica Bertolini, D. Ross Camidge, Chengzhi Zhou, Ludovic Doucet, Qunying Hong, Jian Fang, Dingzhi Huang, Bo Jin, Yan Yu, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Denis Moro-Sibilot, Jaafar Bennouna, Gilberto de Castro Jr., Li Zheng, John V. Heymach, the WU-KONG28 Investigators*