Pulmonary and critical care: from the daily briefing

Every daily briefing item tagged pulmonary and critical care, newest first. The weekly roundup is on the pulmonary and critical care page.

• Oct 30, 2026FDA classifies radiology software for referral of fibrotic lung disease findings into class IIRegulation
• Oct 30, 2026FDA classifies over-the-counter devices to assess sleep apnea risk into class IIRegulation
• Oct 29, 2026Lancet PROSpect trial compares prone positioning and high-frequency oscillation in early pediatric ARDSEvidence
• Oct 28, 2026E-cigarettes nearly double 6-month quit rates even without counseling, and phone support doubles them again, NEJM Evidence trial findsShareEvidence
• Oct 28, 2026Round-the-clock tele-ICU coverage cut hospital stays by 1.7 days at four safety-net hospitals without in-house intensivistsShareEvidence
• Oct 28, 2026Adding pembrolizumab to SBRT does not significantly improve event-free survival in inoperable early NSCLCEvidence
• Oct 28, 2026Azithromycin not associated with new nontuberculous mycobacterial isolation in bronchiectasis or COPDEvidence
• Oct 28, 2026Abiomed Automated Impella Controller units recalled for hardware, firmware or software updatesIncident
• Oct 26, 2026Human metapneumovirus tied to ICU admission, ventilation and in-hospital death in meta-analysis of 94 studiesEvidence
• Oct 26, 2026Retatrutide reduces apnea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea with obesity in phase 3 trialsEvidence
• Oct 26, 2026Efzofitimod tested as a steroid-sparing agent in pulmonary sarcoidosis in phase 3 trial of 331 patientsEvidence
• Oct 26, 2026European intensive care society issues consensus statement on human-centred partnership in the ICUEvidence
• Oct 26, 2026Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus chemotherapy reaches 74.6% resection rate in resectable lung cancer, phase 2 trialEvidence
• Oct 24, 2026FDA adds five Olympus devices, including a capsule endoscope and two bronchovideoscopes, to an import block and posts a warning letterShareRegulation