Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Disease: From Biomarkers to Treatment Decisions
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 2065
Special Issue Editors
Interests: asthma; COPD; biomarkers
Interests: COPD; severe asthma; interstitial lung disease
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Dear Colleagues,
In the current decade, revolutionary approaches have been developed in multiple areas of respiratory medicine. Many of these have been in the area of diagnostic approaches, including the evolution of pulmonary function testing and forced and impulse oscillometry, use of exhaled biomarkers in clinical practice, the most prominent being exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), as well as breathomics and volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis, modern interventional pulmonology techniques, point-of care-lung ultrasound (POCUS), molecular and genomic diagnostics, and novel imaging modalities incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. The management of respiratory disease has also incorporated novel approaches, including the wider use of biologics and monoclonal antibodies in airway disease, gene and mRNA therapies in genetic disorders including cystic fibrosis, targeted small-molecule novel treatments for fibrotic interstitial lung disease, smart inhalers and novel delivery devices for airway disease, novel inhaled and oral therapies for orphan lung diseases including bronchiectasis, and bronchoscopic and targeted therapies for lung cancer. This Special Issue welcomes novel approaches in the diagnosis and management of respiratory disease that may advance our understanding and treatment approach to our patients.
Dr. Konstantinos Kostikas
Dr. Athena Gogali
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- respiratory biologics
- bronchoscopy
- airways disease
- exhaled biomarkers
- artificial intelligence
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