Nearly 90 percent of COVID-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) due to a shortage of resources during the height of the pandemic died in the hospital, despite being ...
Feb 25, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Former and current electronic cigarette use is associated with higher odds of developing wheezing-related respiratory symptoms, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in the American Journal of Respiratory ...
Feb 21, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) and hypertension (HTN) after delivery, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in the American ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Smoking cannabis leads to lung damage, but in a different way from tobacco, new University of Otago research has found.
Feb 3, 2022
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New lung research from an international team of scientists could offer doctors a new way to detect and monitor progressive lung diseases—and may also shed light on the fundamental causes of those conditions.
Feb 1, 2022
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New results from a long-term epidemiologic study reveal that one of the oldest racially based diagnostic formulas in medicine is no better than a race-neutral equation, which suggests the formula used to diagnose lung disease ...
Dec 16, 2021
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A new approach to measure the common sleep related breathing disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), estimates that 20% of adults or approximately 1 billion people globally have moderate to severe sleep apnea which can lead ...
Dec 16, 2021
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A clinical trial by the University of Southampton and University College London has revealed one reason why COVID-19 patients on ventilators have trouble breathing, and how refining a treatment could help save lives.
Dec 14, 2021
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Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who had been chronically exposed in their neighborhoods to higher particulate matter—such as smoke, soot, and dirt—had increased risks for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and ...
Dec 9, 2021
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In its latest clinical practice guideline on evaluation and treatment of asthma, an American Thoracic Society expert guidelines panel has addressed the use of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) to guide the treatment ...
Nov 17, 2021
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