American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jun 2024
The Legacy of Redlining: Increasing Childhood Asthma Disparities Through Neighborhood Poverty.
Identifying the root causes of racial disparities in childhood asthma is critical for health equity. ⋯ The historical structural racist policy of redlining led to present-day asthma disparities in part through decreased neighborhood SEP. Policies aimed at reversing the effects of structural racism should be considered to create more just, equitable, and healthy communities.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jun 2024
Profiling Bacteria in the Lungs of Patients with Severe Influenza Versus COVID-19 with or without Aspergillosis.
The influence of the lung bacterial microbiome, including potential pathogens, in patients with influenza- or COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA or CAPA) is yet to be explored. ⋯ Aspergillosis is more frequently detected in lungs of severe influenza patients than bacterial pathogens. Detection of bacterial pathogens associates with worse outcome in influenza patients, particularly in those with IAPA, but not in COVID-19 patients. The immunological dynamics of tripartite viral-fungal-bacterial interactions deserve further investigation. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jun 2024
Association of Ground Glass Opacities with Systemic Inflammation and Progression of Emphysema.
Ground glass opacities (GGO) in the absence of interstitial lung disease are understudied. ⋯ Our findings suggest that GGOAMFM is associated with increased systemic inflammation and emphysema progression.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Jun 2024
Editorial Comment LetterShould the Term "PRISm" Be Restricted to Use in Evaluating Smokers?