title: Respiratory medicine in China: progress, challenges, and opportunities.
abstract: The past century witnessed a rapid development of respiratory medicine in China. The major burden of respiratory disease has shifted from infectious diseases to chronic noninfectious diseases. Great achievements have been made in improving the national standard of clinical management of various respiratory diseases and in smoking control. The specialty of respiratory medicine is expanding into pulmonary and critical care medicine. Nevertheless, respiratory diseases remain a major public health problem, with new challenges such as air pollution and nosocomial infections. This review describes the history, accomplishments, new challenges, and opportunities in respiratory medicine in China.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Hospital, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China; Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: cyh-birm@263.com.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Hospital, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Renli
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Ying H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011634:Public Health; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000639:trends*