Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird flu facts for families
Birds in the United States can be affected by avian flu, also called H5N1 bird flu or avian influenza. But can it affect your family?
Mar 10, 2025
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Respiratory Failure
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study highlights need for better care to prevent lung problems after abdominal surgery
A new study, published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, has tested whether a set of interventions to keep lungs expanded before, during, and after abdominal surgery could lower the risk of serious breathing problems ...
Feb 25, 2025
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Medications
Platform trials streamline ALS therapy evaluation by rapidly ruling out ineffective drugs
Massachusetts General Hospital coordinated the first four platform trials within the HEALEY ALS platform to evaluate potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with results published in various JAMA journals.
Cardiology
SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with increased risk of cardiac events
A new study found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was associated with the rapid growth of plaque in the coronary arteries and an increased risk of cardiovascular events. The results ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Symptoms of viral influenza, COVID-19, norovirus, and RSV can be signs of potential heart complications, warn experts
With a recent surge in influenza, COVID-19, norovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory viruses, it's critical to pay close attention to your heart and symptoms—especially if you have heart disease ...
Jan 24, 2025
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Surgery
Study finds women are less likely to get a lung transplant than men, spend six weeks longer on waiting list
Women are less likely to receive a lung transplant and spend an average of six weeks longer on the waiting list, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research. However, women who receive a lung transplant are more likely ...
Jan 9, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health officials assess the threat of H5N1
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as well as those in development, ...
Jan 2, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Harmful fungus in bat feces used to fertilize marijuana plants found to have killed two growers
A team of medical professionals and infectious disease researchers at the University of Rochester, in New York, has found that two men who were growing their own marijuana plants died after contracting fungal lung infections ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Countertop workers exposed to serious lung disease
Durable and attractive, engineered stone countertops are a popular feature in modern American kitchens, but the workers who build them are risking their health. A growing number of these countertop workers are developing ...
Dec 2, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study assesses risk for 28-day hospitalization for adults with RSV
A number of adults with outpatient medically attended respiratory syncytial virus (MA-RSV) infection experience hospitalization within 28 days, with a higher proportion among high-risk subgroups, according to a study published ...
Nov 21, 2024
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The term respiratory failure, in medicine, is used to describe inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, with the result that arterial oxygen and/or carbon dioxide levels cannot be maintained within their normal ranges. A drop in blood oxygenation is known as hypoxemia; a rise in arterial carbon dioxide levels is called hypercapnia. The normal reference values are: oxygen PaO2 greater than 80 mmHg (11 kPa), and carbon dioxide PaCO2 less than 45 mmHg (6.0 kPa). Classification into type I or type II relates to the absence or presence of hypercapnia respectively.
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