Physical activity and lung function association in a healthy community-dwelling European population.

Background: The association of physical activity (PA) and lung function (LF) varies from no measurable effect to delayed LF decline. We assessed the association between accelerometery-assessed PA and LF in a sample of apparently healthy, community-dwelling subjects.

Methods: We included two cross-sectional studies using data from the PneumoLaus study (2014-17 and 2018-21), conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Associations of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders with Pulmonary Disorders in the Community: The PneumoLaus and PsyCoLaus Studies.

Introduction: Mental health disorders figure among the many comorbidities of obstructive respiratory diseases. The multisystemic characteristics of chronic respiratory disease and its impact on quality of life could affect depressive and/or anxiety disorders. We aimed to evaluate the association of spirometric indices, ventilatory disorders, and self-reported respiratory diseases with psychiatric disorders considering potential confounders.

Impact of COVID-19 on long-term lung function in lung transplant recipients: A single-center retrospective cohort study.

Available data are limited concerning long-term lung function (LF) evolution after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in lung transplant (LT) recipients. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of first SARS-CoV-2 infection on long-term LF in LT recipients. We analyzed spirometry results of LT recipients followed at our institution (March 2020 to July 2022) at 3, 6, and 12 months after first SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Prevalence of small airway dysfunction in the Swiss PneumoLaus Cohort.

Background: Recent evidence identified exposure to particulate matter of size ≤2.5 µm (PM) as a risk factor for high prevalence of small airway dysfunction (SAD). We assessed the prevalence of SAD in a European region with low air pollution levels.

Elevated lactate in Mauriac syndrome: still a mystery.

Background: The Mauriac syndrome was described in 1930 as a peculiar combination of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 1, stunted growth and glycogenic hepatopathy. More recently, lactic acidosis was recognized as an additional feature, often induced by insulin treatment.

Case Presentation: A 17-year old girl known for diabetes type 1A and Mauriac syndrome was admitted to the emergency room with hyperglycemia of > 41 mmol/l without ketoacidosis.

Bronchial anastomosis dehiscence and stenosis caused by donor-transmitted Mycoplasma hominis infection in a lung transplant recipient: Case report and literature review.

Pulmonary infection by Mycoplasma hominis (M hominis) in lung transplant (LTx) recipients is an uncommon yet potentially severe complication. Bronchial dehiscence in the context of M hominis infection has not been previously reported. In this report, we discuss a case of donor-derived M hominis infection in a LTx recipient with bilateral bronchial anastomoses dehiscence and stenosis.

[Asthma and COPD management during the COVID-19 pandemic].

Numerous patients with asthma or COPD are likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus. Although data is limited, patients with severe and/or uncontrolled asthma and those with COPD appear to be at increased risk of a more severe course of COVID-19 infection. Usual recommendations for management of asthma and COPD remain valid despite the ongoing epidemic.

[What's new on asthma in primary care].

The international recommendations of the management of asthma have been modified last years. Several therapies used since long time have no place in the management of moderate asthma today. The use of targeted immunotherapies against phenotypes of asthma are used more and more.