Lung diseases are amongst the leading causes of mortality world-wide and especially during the pandemic. These have been a major concern as lungs faced the most direct damage during the progression of this disease. Tuberculosis (affecting lungs) infection has been a leading cause of death in developing countries such as India, even before the pandemics. Normally lungs perform the function of providing O2 to different parts of the body and remove CO2 from the system. Among complications of Covid-19 infection, patients suffered from pneumonia and sepsis, as well as more complicated diseases such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In pneumonia and ARDS, the lung alveoli are filled with fluids causing a shortage of air space for gaseous exchange and patients suffer from breathlessness. Patients eventually require oxygen support upon worsening of the condition. In sepsis, the infection spreads damaging different parts of the body.
These diseases existed before the covid era too, and the recent pandemic has only highlighted the burden of lung disease further. Thus, it is timely to demand further exploration of disease pathogenesis, trajectory, and patient outcomes. it is the timely demand to explore these complications by omics approaches considering the recent pandemic.
The goal of this Research Topic is to collate omics studies that explore the effects of lung diseases on overall lung health on a molecular level. We welcome research on the complexity of lung disorders such as pneumonia, sepsis and ARDS using omics approaches.
We are interested in research articles and reviews relevant to the topic.
Keywords:
Critical care, Lung, ARDS, Pneumonia, Ventilation, lung health, sepsis
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All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Lung diseases are amongst the leading causes of mortality world-wide and especially during the pandemic. These have been a major concern as lungs faced the most direct damage during the progression of this disease. Tuberculosis (affecting lungs) infection has been a leading cause of death in developing countries such as India, even before the pandemics. Normally lungs perform the function of providing O2 to different parts of the body and remove CO2 from the system. Among complications of Covid-19 infection, patients suffered from pneumonia and sepsis, as well as more complicated diseases such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In pneumonia and ARDS, the lung alveoli are filled with fluids causing a shortage of air space for gaseous exchange and patients suffer from breathlessness. Patients eventually require oxygen support upon worsening of the condition. In sepsis, the infection spreads damaging different parts of the body.
These diseases existed before the covid era too, and the recent pandemic has only highlighted the burden of lung disease further. Thus, it is timely to demand further exploration of disease pathogenesis, trajectory, and patient outcomes. it is the timely demand to explore these complications by omics approaches considering the recent pandemic.
The goal of this Research Topic is to collate omics studies that explore the effects of lung diseases on overall lung health on a molecular level. We welcome research on the complexity of lung disorders such as pneumonia, sepsis and ARDS using omics approaches.
We are interested in research articles and reviews relevant to the topic.
Keywords:
Critical care, Lung, ARDS, Pneumonia, Ventilation, lung health, sepsis
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.