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Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in the second study discovered methodologic flaws that called their conclusion... »
New Definition Categorizes ARDS by Hypoxemia Severity
SAN FRANCISCO – A proposed new definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome describes categories based on mild, moderate, or severe hypoxemia that correlate increasing severity with significantly increased mortality or increased time on mechanical ventilation among survivors. The draft... »
Annual CT Lung Cancer Screening Recommended for High-Risk Smokers
The American College of Chest Physicians and the American Society of Clinical Oncology issue new guidelines. »
Conferences
Intensivist Service Reduced Infections, Ventilator Days
SAN DIEGO – Converting some conventional hospitalists to intensive care unit hospitalists reduced the average length of stay, duration on ventilators, and rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections, worth an estimated... »
Inappropriate Bronchiolitis Care Plummets With Peer Networking
SAN DIEGO – Inappropriate use of bronchodilators to treat pediatric bronchiolitis declined from 70% of patients in 2007 to 58% in 2010, thanks to benchmarking and peer-to-peer collaborative efforts of the Value in Inpatient... »
Can Allergy Shots Cut Asthma Risk?
Can allergen-specific immunotherapy cut the risk of asthma development in children with allergic rhinitis? Dr. Linda Cox discusses the potential implications of an ongoing retrospective review of Florida Medicaid records to... »
SAN DIEGO – Converting some conventional hospitalists to intensive care unit hospitalists reduced the average length of stay, duration on ventilators, and rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections, worth an estimated... »
Inappropriate Bronchiolitis Care Plummets With Peer Networking
SAN DIEGO – Inappropriate use of bronchodilators to treat pediatric bronchiolitis declined from 70% of patients in 2007 to 58% in 2010, thanks to benchmarking and peer-to-peer collaborative efforts of the Value in Inpatient... »
Can Allergy Shots Cut Asthma Risk?
Can allergen-specific immunotherapy cut the risk of asthma development in children with allergic rhinitis? Dr. Linda Cox discusses the potential implications of an ongoing retrospective review of Florida Medicaid records to... »
News
CPAP Linked to Lower Incident Hypertension
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in... »
New Definition Categorizes ARDS by Hypoxemia Severity
SAN FRANCISCO – A proposed new definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome describes categories based on mild, moderate, or severe hypoxemia that correlate increasing severity with significantly increased mortality or... »
Annual CT Lung Cancer Screening Recommended for High-Risk Smokers
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients aged 55-74 years who have at least a 30 pack-year smoking history should be offered annual low-dose CT lung cancer screening, even if they have quit within the past 15 years, according to a... »
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in... »
New Definition Categorizes ARDS by Hypoxemia Severity
SAN FRANCISCO – A proposed new definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome describes categories based on mild, moderate, or severe hypoxemia that correlate increasing severity with significantly increased mortality or... »
Annual CT Lung Cancer Screening Recommended for High-Risk Smokers
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients aged 55-74 years who have at least a 30 pack-year smoking history should be offered annual low-dose CT lung cancer screening, even if they have quit within the past 15 years, according to a... »
Video Library
Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
BOSTON – Asthma admissions, like politics, are local. So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and... »
Traffic Proximity Linked to Adult Asthma
ORLANDO – High levels of traffic-exhaust exposure at home were linked with an increased risk for asthma or worsening asthma in adults, according to results from two separate, U.S. studies reported at the annual meeting of... »
Can Allergy Shots Cut Asthma Risk?
Can allergen-specific immunotherapy cut the risk of asthma development in children with allergic rhinitis? Dr. Linda Cox discusses the potential implications of an ongoing retrospective review of Florida Medicaid records to... »
BOSTON – Asthma admissions, like politics, are local. So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and... »
Traffic Proximity Linked to Adult Asthma
ORLANDO – High levels of traffic-exhaust exposure at home were linked with an increased risk for asthma or worsening asthma in adults, according to results from two separate, U.S. studies reported at the annual meeting of... »
Can Allergy Shots Cut Asthma Risk?
Can allergen-specific immunotherapy cut the risk of asthma development in children with allergic rhinitis? Dr. Linda Cox discusses the potential implications of an ongoing retrospective review of Florida Medicaid records to... »
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