Listen to The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Dr Annette Peters addresses the current debate about the science behind European air quality standards, and why ambient air pollution deserves serious attention.

Dr John Myburgh discusses a reanalysis by Levin and colleagues of the FEAST trial, which looked at the adverse effects of the administration of saline or albumin fluid bolus in resuscitation.

Use of intensive care unit (ICU) resources in the USA outpaces the rest of the world.  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine  spoke with Dr James Downar about why ICU usage in the USA is so high, what that means for care, and what can be done about it.

François Maltais and Yohan Bossè discuss their investigation of five generations of a French-Canadian family with multiple recurring cases of early emphysema.

Dr. Warren Lenney calls for global children’s charter focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood asthma globally

Fabien Maldonado discusses the effectiveness of pleural manometry to monitor pleural pressure during thoracentesis procedures.

Professor Pallav Shah discuses surgical and endoscopic interventions that reduce lung volume for emphysema.

Dr Raj Gupta discusses the potential of delaminid, one of the first new TB drugs to enter the market in 40 years, to offer new hope for treatment of multi drug resistant tuberculosis.

Ben Cowling discusses his work in Hong Kong investigating the effectiveness of the flu vaccine over time.

To mark World Pneumonia Day,  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine talks with Stefano Aliberti about his Comment calling for international action to tackle pneumonia.

Anne Chang discusses bronchiectasis, a debilitating condition of the airways.

Simon Walsh discusses the potential for machine learning-assisted diagnosis of fibrotic lung disease.

Greet Van den Berghe discusses issues of infant nutrition and critical care.

Carolyn Calfee joins The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss precision medicine approaches to acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS.

Bart Rijnders joins  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss his new paper on patients with severe influenza developing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

Jennifer Furin joins  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss the use of bedaquiline to combat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in South Africa.

Tillie Hackett joins The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss her study assessing small airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Julian Forton joins  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to talk about his new study into lower airway bacterial sampling in young children with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Diana Bilton joins The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss how the use of rare disease patient registries helps with long term drug studies after drug authorisation.

Allan Glanville joins The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss the INSPIRE trial that assesses the use of the Portable Organ Care System to reduce primary graft dysfunction in bilateral lung transplantation.

Keertan Dheda joins The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss the hottest topics in TB control and treatment.

Valerie Page joins  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine to discuss the new themed issue on the subject of critical care.

Mike Thomas talks about his trial of self-taught breathing retraining as a treatment for asthma.

Alvar Agusti discusses his study investigating low lung function in early adulthood and the effects this has on future health.

Michael Kreuter highlights the importance of palliative care for patients with interstitial lung disease.