Giulia Michela Pellegrino

TL;DR: The clinical indications, methods and perspectives of the technique in adults, including the assessment of muscle thickening in the zone of apposition and excursion of the dome of the diaphragm, are summarized.

TL;DR: Despite the overall poor prognosis of ARF in ILDs, a personalized approach may positively influence patients’ management, possibly leading to improved outcomes, however, further studies are warranted.

TL;DR: In this article, ventilation remains normally or near normally distributed at least for moderate decrements in functional residual capa-ture (RRC) in lung volumes, despite obesity.

TL;DR: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the related disease (coronavirus disease 2019; COVID-19) has been notified throughout Italy since February 2020.

TL;DR: The present European Respiratory Society (ERS) statement is to provide physicians with a comprehensive clinical review of chest imaging techniques for the assessment of patients with acute respiratory failure, based on the scientific evidence as identified by systematic searches.