Latest Pulmonology Articles

• Undermining a PACT — Federal Cuts at the VA May 24, 2025
  A 2022 law that expanded treatment for veterans with certain conditions was long overdue. But delivering on its promise depends on VA clinicians and support staff, whose jobs are now at risk.
  Pavan V. Ganapathiraju, Rebecca J. Traylor
• Intravenous Tenecteplase before Thrombectomy in Stroke May 21, 2025
  Among 550 patients with stroke due to large-vessel occlusion who had presented within 4.5 hours after onset, 90-day functional outcomes were better with intravenous tenecteplase before thrombectomy than with thrombectomy alone.
  Zhongming Qiu, Fengli Li, Hongfei Sang, Guangxiong Yuan, Dongjing Xie, Kai Zhou, Maohua Li, Zhaoyou Meng, Zhenyu Kong, Zhongfan Ruan, Chaoqun Li, Guangui Yang, Junxiong Wu, Chen Long, Bo Yang, Hai Hu, Yanling Li, Jun Luo, Zhonghua Shi, Xianjun Huang, Shunfu Jiang, Tingyu Yi, Guoyong Zeng, Jincheng Liu, Xiaojun Luo, Shudong Liu, Mingze Chang, Youlin Wu, Yufeng Tang, Zhenxuan Tian, Zhizhong Yan, Haojin Zhao, Yuqi Peng, Hongguo Dai, Peiyang Zhou, Huagang Li, Wenhua Liu, Dengwen Song, Bo Lei, Zhongbin Xia, Xiaolin Tan, Maojun Zhao, Xinggang Feng, Lingyu Cai, Qi Li, Yuelu Wu, Bingwu Jiang, Yan Tian, Linyu Li, Ling Jiang, Xingmin Long, Feng You, Jian Tao, Jin Zhou, Derong Wu, Chong Zheng, Congguo Yin, Duolao Wang, Mengjie Lu, Gregory W. Albers, Raul G. Nogueira, Bruce C.V. Campbell, Thanh N. Nguyen, Jeffrey L. Saver, Wenjie Zi, Qingwu Yang, the BRIDGE-TNK Trial Investigators*
• Progress through Persistence — Turning the Page in Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Trials May 19, 2025
  The field of pulmonary fibrosis has come a long way in the past 25 years, with the approach to patient care evolving from a predominantly experience-based decision-making model to a more data-driven model. Along that journey, we have learned that certain practices that were considered to be standards of care...
  Joyce S. Lee