The American College of Chest Physicians recently released a new clinical guideline on the perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains 44 evidence-based recommendations ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Long-term treatment of severe asthma with dupilumab supports sustained reduction in oral corticosteroid (OCS) dosage and improvement in clinical end points for up to 96 weeks, according to a study published in the July issue ...
Jul 22, 2022
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Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, according to a national clinical trial led by Vanderbilt University ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Azithromycin helps improve asthma control and reduce exacerbations in children with poorly controlled asthma, according to a study published in the June issue of Chest.
Jun 20, 2022
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Ongoing use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment is associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study published in the June issue of CHEST.
Jun 20, 2022
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Inhalers, pills or injections help most people control their asthma, but some with severe disease opt for cutting-edge surgery that "remodels" their airways to improve their breathing.
Mar 18, 2022
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India has a high burden of sepsis with more than one in two patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) across the country developing this complication with associated high rates of anti-microbial resistance and death ...
Feb 11, 2022
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More than a fifth of patients with chronic medical conditions may still have insufficient levels of antibodies to fight COVID-19 even after a second mRNA vaccine dose. Both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines. ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) is a long-term lung condition where the interstitial tissue surrounding the alveoli (air sacs) of the lungs becomes inflamed and develops "fibrosis", or scar tissue. It occurs when ...
Nov 16, 2021
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Until her clinical rotation in the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Valeria Valbuena, M.D., then a surgical resident at University of Michigan Health, had never seen so many patients who looked like her on the intensive ...
Oct 28, 2021
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