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Chronic Respiratory Disease

Chronic respiratory disease is a broad category of long-term conditions affecting the airways and other structures of the lung, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, occupational lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. These disorders are typically persistent and often progressive, producing symp…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 7× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2642-9241 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Chronic respiratory disease is a broad category of long-term conditions affecting the airways and other structures of the lung, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, occupational lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. These disorders are typically persistent and often progressive, producing symptoms such as breathlessness, chronic cough, wheeze and reduced exercise tolerance, and they contribute substantially to disability and reduced quality of life. Their causes encompass tobacco smoke, air pollution, occupational and indoor exposures, infection and host susceptibility, and their management combines pharmacological treatment, risk-factor reduction and supportive care. The articles in this collection address several facets of chronic respiratory illness. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease features in studies of hypoxaemia and microalbuminuria and of patient profiles in pulmonology departments, while the interaction of respiratory function with systemic disease appears in spirometric assessment of people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy. Management is represented by work on the pharmacological treatment of cough, diaphragmatic pacing as an alternative to mechanical ventilation, and optimisation of non-invasive ventilation circuits. Together these contributions present chronic respiratory disease as a group of enduring lung conditions in which airflow limitation, impaired gas exchange and persistent symptoms drive morbidity, and in which diagnosis, exposure reduction and tailored long-term management are central to preserving function and quality of life.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 7 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Respiratory Diseases (ISSN 2642-9241).

Journal editorial board
Jason Akulian · United States

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