Year in review 2014: Interstitial lung disease, physiology, sleep and ventilation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and rare lung disease

Year in review 2015: Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, pulmonary function, sleep and ventilation, cystic fibrosis and paediatric lung disease

“…In 2014, Respirology initiated an invited review series that bought together World leaders in respiratory physiology and medicine to investigate the central question ‘what is the most appropriate lung function test for a particular lung disease’ . In 2015, this series was completed with the publication of four reviews that highlighted the best diagnostic lung function tests for HIV, CF and obesity, as well as discussed the utilization of statistical models for respiratory disease diagnosis and prognosis .…”

Year in review 2016: Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, pulmonary function, paediatric lung disease, cystic fibrosis and sleep

“…4,5 Despite advances in medical imaging technology, up to 20% of patients still require some form of lung biopsy during the diagnostic workup of suspected ILD. 6 Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) is a promising method of obtaining lung samples of a good size (average 40-50 mm 2 ), with lower morbidity and mortality than surgical lung biopsy. 7 The most common complications are pneumothorax (5-30%) and pulmonary haemorrhage (moderate in 40-56%).…”