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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Publishes the most innovative research, highest quality reviews, clinical trials, guidelines, and statements in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep-related fields

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Current Issue Highlights

This study of patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation provides novel and far-reaching insights into the fundamentals of dyspnea: whereas doctors interpret dyspnea as difficult or laborious breathing, patients perceive it as starvation of air.
MARCH 2025 AJRCCM
The authors identified prognostically enriched pathobiological signatures among patients with sepsis with diverse infections and high HIV prevalence in Uganda.
MARCH 2025 AJRCCM
This analysis of children from 27 cohorts across the United States supports the use of the race-neutral GLI-Global equations when evaluating childhood asthma. Parent-reported race and ethnicity influenced relationships between lung function and asthma outcomes.
MARCH 2025 AJRCCM

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