Latest Pulmonology Articles

• Sotatercept and the Clinical Transformation of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension May 29, 2025
  Pulmonary arterial hypertension is an uncommon disorder that is characterized by pathologic remodeling of distal pulmonary arterioles. These changes increase pulmonary vascular resistance, which leads to a clinical syndrome that is manifested by decreased exercise capacity, impaired functional status, and hemodynamic instability.1 Most patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension...
  Bradley A. Maron
• Case 15-2025: A 52-Year-Old Man with Fever, Nausea, and Respiratory Failure May 29, 2025
  A 52-year-old man was evaluated in a hospital in Argentina for fever and hypoxemic respiratory failure. Imaging showed pulmonary opacities, and the hematocrit was 56.9%. A diagnosis was made.
  Martín Hunter, Ignacio Lopez Saubidet, Tomás Amerio, Maria V. Leone
• Upadacitinib — An Up-and-Comer for Treatment of Giant-Cell Arteritis May 29, 2025
  Ever since the early use of cortisone for giant-cell arteritis in the 1950s,1 glucocorticoids have been a foundational treatment for this form of large-vessel vasculitis, providing clinical benefit and reducing the risk of blindness. Indeed, for almost seven decades, the treatment of giant-cell arteritis had been limited largely...
  Matthew J. Koster, Kenneth J. Warrington