BACKGROUND Even though respiratory symptoms are common in the adult population, there is limited research describing their impact on everyday life and association with health care consumption. AIM The main objective of this population-based study was to estimate and compare the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among adults in Finland, Estonia, and Sweden in relation to health care consumpti...

The oral cavity has long been considered a potential reservoir for respiratory pathogens. The mechanisms of infection could be aspiration into the lung of oral pathogens capable of causing pneumonia, colonization of dental plaque by respiratory pathogens followed by aspiration, or facilitation by periodontal pathogens of colonization of the upper airway by pulmonary pathogens. Several anaerobic...

Air pollution is a major environmental issue in all regions of the world. We aimed to assess the health impacts of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter  10 µm (PM10) in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran. The air pollution data were obtained from Sanandaj Department of Environment Protection. The annual mortality and morbidity, including cardiovascular and respiratory diseases attributable to...

Background: Respiratory distress is considered one of the most frequent causes of admission in the neonatal unit. Additionally, it is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to determine the incidence of neonatal respiratory distress and its causes, risk factors, and outcomes to have a baseline data about the magnitude of respiratory distress with a further step ...

Author details Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland. Respiratory Medicine Unit, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Public Health, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. Medical Research Center...

BACKGROUND Poor mental health conditions, including stress and depression, have been recognized as a risk factor for the development of acute respiratory infection. Very few studies have considered the role of general mental health in acute respiratory infection occurrence. The aim of this analysis is to determine if overall mental health, as assessed by the mental component of the Short Form 1...

10 years have passed since the European Lung White Book – The first comprehensive survey on respiratory lung health in Europe was published by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) together with the European Lung Foundation (ELF) [1]. Its aims were to highlight the enormous and underestimated health and socioeconomic burdens of respiratory disease in Europe and to inform decision-makers in nat...