Cardiology

Conservative fluid management benefits black ARDS patients

(HealthDay)—For patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), conservative fluid management is associated with reduced mortality for non-Hispanic black, but not white, patients, according to a study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Lung therapy hope for critical illness

Scientists have pinpointed a chemical signal that worsens inflammation linked to a life-threatening lung condition.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The high cost of surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome

According to a new multicenter study, nearly half of previously employed adult survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome were jobless one year after hospital discharge, and are estimated to have lost an average of ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Vaginal progesterone reduces the rate of preterm birth

Treatment with vaginal progesterone reduced the risk of preterm birth, neonatal complications and death in pregnant women with twins and who have a short cervix— a risk factor for preterm birth— according to a meta-analysis ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Reducing risk of lung distress in preterm babies

Currently, corticosteroids are recommended for women at high risk of preterm birth between 23 and 33 weeks of pregnancy, but not after. A new meta-analysis compiling evidence from six clinical trials confirms earlier work ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Antenatal steroids don't cut morbidity in preterm twins

(HealthDay)—Antenatal administration of corticosteroids is not associated with a reduction in the incidence of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm twins, according to research published in the September issue ...

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