There has been a 78 percent increase in the number of high school students who are using e-cigarettes, JUUL pods, or similar products, and a 48 percent rise in use among middle schoolers, according to a 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Those percentages represent an increase of 1.5 million users in just one year. Health care professionals are increasingly alarmed by the statistics.

Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths among hospitalized patients. Advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques have expanded the number of potential therapies, and researchers are continuing to expand the evidence base and learn how to use these treatments. As a result, treatment decision-making has become more complex. 

The newest medical research is putting a spotlight on the care and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with non-COPD chronic respiratory disease.