Rationale: The Global Burden of Disease program identified smoking and ambient and
household air pollution as the main drivers of death and disability from chronic obstructive …

Pneumonia remains one of the most important causes of mortality. In Portugal, it is the first
cause of respiratory death, excluding lung cancer. This is a retrospective cohort study …

The lung is a complex ecosystem of host cells and microbes often disrupted in pathological
conditions. Although bacteria have been hypothesized as agents of carcinogenesis, little is …

Background There are several reports on underdiagnosis of COPD, while little is known
about COPD overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We describe the overdiagnosis and the …

Objective: To characterize clinically all of the patients with spontaneous pneumomediastinum
(SPM) admitted to an adult pulmonology ward in Lisbon, Portugal. Methods: This was a …

Introdução A prevalência da doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica (DPOC) apresenta valores
muito heterogéneos em todo o mundo. A iniciativa Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (…

Lung cancer configures as one of the deadliest types of cancer. The future implementation
of early screening methods such as exhaled breath condensate analysis and low dose …

Several unmet needs have been identified in allergic rhinitis: identification of the time of
onset of the pollen season, optimal control of rhinitis and comorbidities, patient stratification, …

Reported COVID‐19 deaths in Germany are relatively low as compared to many European
countries. Among the several explanations proposed, an early and large testing of the …

The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative commenced during a World
Health Organization workshop in 1999. The initial goals were (1) to propose a new allergic …