Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clinical trials investigate COVID-19 treatments
The University of Illinois at Chicago is participating in two clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments.
Apr 2, 2020
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News tagged with lung injury
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for patients with COVID-19 infection requiring emergency surgery to minimize the risk of virus spread and reduce lung injury in a Letter to the Editor ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Hidden by a pleasant scent: The health consequences of flavor in e-cigarettes
Millions of Americans are vaping, and some are getting sick. Since June 2019, 2,711 have been hospitalized and 60 have died due to EVALI (e-cigarette-associated lung injury), the devastating lung disease linked to e-cigarettes.
Jan 29, 2020
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New studies show vaping illnesses tapering off
(HealthDay)—Even as the number of Americans hospitalized with a lung injury tied to vaping passed the 2,500 mark this week, new research confirms case counts are finally declining and vitamin E acetate remains the most ...
Dec 21, 2019
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Experts raise the alert on vaping products
A November report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared some alarming news for Hoosiers- Indiana is leading the nation in deaths from vaping-related illnesses. According to the CDC, 42 deaths ...
Dec 13, 2019
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New type of e-cigarette vaping injury described
A research case report describing lung injury related to e-cigarette use in a 17-year-old Canadian may be the first documented case of a new form of damage from vaping products. The article, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research points to possible target to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF
Long-held dogma says lung fibrosis in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, results from recurrent injury to alveolar epithelium that is followed by dysregulated repair. Research at the University of Alabama ...
Nov 13, 2019
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EVALI: Vaping-related lung disease now has a name and a likely cause
More than 2,000 people in the United States have developed serious lung damage in a poisoning outbreak associated with the use of vaping devices this year. At least 39 people have died from the condition.
Nov 12, 2019
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Best practice treatment guidelines help doctors identify, treat vaping-associated lung injuries
As the outbreak of lung injuries and deaths associated with e-cigarettes, or vaping, continues to spread across the U.S., researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City have effectively developed a best practice ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging publishes special report on vaping
Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging has published a special report on lung injury resulting from the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), or "vaping." Authors Suhny Abbara, M.D., FACR, MSCCT and Fernando Uliana Kay, ...
Oct 31, 2019
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