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

A global approach to children's asthma

Feb 22nd, 2019 6m 28s

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

The effectiveness of pleural manometry

Feb 14th, 2019 10m 7s

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

Lung volume reduction and emphysema

Feb 8th, 2019 6m 22s

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

Glimmers of hope for MDR-Tuberculosis treatment

Jan 8th, 2019 9m 12s

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.

Effectiveness of flu vaccine over time

Nov 16th, 2018 15m 15s

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

Towards an International Pneumonia Network

Nov 12th, 2018 7s

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

Improving the lives of patients with bronchiectasis

Sep 20th, 2018 10m 37s

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

Deep learning and fibrotic lung disease

Sep 16th, 2018 10m 9s

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

Critical care and infant nutrition

Sep 15th, 2018 11m 34s

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

Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery and IPF

Aug 10th, 2018 9m 8s

Dr. Ganesh Raghu discusses the highly anticipated results of the WRAP-IPF trial, borne out of debate surrounding the role of GER in the pathogenesis and progression of IPF, and conflicting findings from retrospective studies of antacid therapie

Precision medicine in ARDS

Aug 3rd, 2018 6m 59s

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

Invasive aspergillosis in patients with influenza

Aug 2nd, 2018 10m 59s

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

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa and bedaquiline

Jul 11th, 2018 14m 23s

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

The role of small airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Jul 5th, 2018 6m 59s

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

Cystic fibrosis

May 17th, 2018 10m 31s

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

Use of a rare disease patient registry in long-term post-authorisation drug studies

May 4th, 2018 9m 22s

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.

Primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation

Apr 20th, 2018 22m 32s

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.

World TB Day

Mar 24th, 2018 15m 43s

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

Critical care

Feb 27th, 2018 10m 44s

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

Breathing exercises for asthma: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: December 13, 2017

Dec 14th, 2017 13m 45s

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

Lung function in early life and future health: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: November 14, 2017

Nov 15th, 2017 9m 9s

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

Palliative care in ILD: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: October 12, 2017

Oct 13th, 2017 7m 20s

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

Vitamin D supplementation and asthma exacerbations: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: October 3, 2017

Oct 4th, 2017 10m 16s

Adrian Martineau discusses his meta-analysis of individual patient data assessing whether vitamin D supplementation can help prevent asthma exacerbations.