What pulmonology is researching now
The topics gaining the most ground, ranked by the PubDaily Trend Score: new research, stronger evidence, new trials and new guidelines. 291 topics in 22 specialties, updated 18 Oct 2026.
Monthly reportThe fastest-rising topics in medicine: October 2026Read →New treatments for sleep apnoea
Tirzepatide, hypoglossal nerve stimulation and drug therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea.
Key point: Pharmacological therapy is not routine OSA treatment; dual GIP/GLP-1 agonists such as tirzepatide may be considered adjunctively for obese moderate-to-severe OSA.
High-flow nasal oxygen
High-flow nasal oxygen in acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure.
Key point: HFNC is strongly recommended for adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, with close monitoring for escalation, based primarily on reduced need for intubation.
Biologics in COPD
Dupilumab and other biologics for COPD with type 2 inflammation.
Key point: Pooled analyses suggest dupilumab and mepolizumab consistently reduce moderate-to-severe exacerbations in eosinophilic or type 2 inflammatory COPD.
Bronchiectasis
Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and its newer treatments.
Robotic and navigational bronchoscopy
Robotic and navigation bronchoscopy to biopsy peripheral lung nodules.
Antifibrotics in pulmonary fibrosis
Nintedanib, pirfenidone and newer antifibrotics.
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How the Trend Score works
Four signals
Growth in new papers (35%), growth in randomised trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews (25%), new clinical trials registered (20%), and new guidelines and consensus statements (20%), each over the last 12 months against the 12 before.
A score out of 100
Each signal is ranked against every topic we follow, so a score of 90 means the topic is ahead of about 90% of them. Rising fast: 80 and above. Rising: 55 to 79. Emerging: fewer than 100 papers the year before, too few to rank.
What it does not tell you
More research on a topic is not evidence that a treatment works. Open a topic to read the papers and guidelines themselves. Counts come from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov.