Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found Jan 10, 2024
Cryobiopsy and Forceps Biopsy Go Head-to-Head for Diagnosing Lung Lesions When added to needle aspiration, one method yielded better samples for molecular testing in NSCLC Jan 09, 2024
Trial: Cleaner Cookstove Fuel Not Enough to Improve Infant Health Fine particle exposure was reduced, but no improvements were seen in pneumonia rates, stunting Jan 03, 2024
Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Worst outcomes for patients with hemodynamic collapse Jan 01, 2024
No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices While apnea symptoms resolved, no improvement was seen in clinical outcomes Dec 29, 2023
This Biomarker Predicts Survival in Autoimmune Lung Disease Elevations in one particular cytokine tied to markedly worse prognosis Dec 28, 2023
Dupilumab in Line to Be the First Approved COPD Biologic In two phase III trials, the treatment reduced exacerbations and improved lung function Dec 28, 2023
Mind of the 'Maestro': Inside the Head of Leonard Bernstein Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan, MD, on the great composer's complex inner life Dec 27, 2023
FDA Rejects Drug for Chronic Cough Agency cites efficacy concerns in review of P2X3 receptor antagonist gefapixant Dec 21, 2023
Bronchoscopes Recalled Over Burns, Fires in Patients' Airways Reports involved Olympus scopes used during high-frequency cauterization while supplying oxygen Dec 20, 2023
Moderna's mRNA RSV Vaccine Effective in Older Adults Whether it provides lasting protection remains to be seen Dec 13, 2023
High-Altitude Mountain Trips Can Be Tolerated Despite Pulmonary Hypertension Effects of high elevation tested in an experiment in the Swiss Alps Dec 12, 2023
Giving Oropharyngeal Surfactant at Birth Is No Help to Preemies Increased rates of pneumothorax emerged among newborns treated prophylactically Dec 11, 2023
Prenatal RSV Infection Linked to Fetal Inflammation, Poorer Growth Study may give force to recommendations for maternal RSV vaccination Dec 08, 2023
Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids Oxy-PICU is the first randomized trial to compare different SpO2 targets in these patients Dec 05, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
FDA Clears First Oral Device Treatment for Severe Sleep Apnea Oral appliances represent an alternative to CPAP and surgical neurostimulation implants Nov 30, 2023
FDA Warns That Philips' CPAP Machines May Overheat Thermal issues including burns, smoke, fire among reports submitted by DreamStation 2 users Nov 29, 2023
Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events Nov 29, 2023
High-Sensitivity Troponin Test May Overestimate Risk in PE On the other hand, conventional assays did predict a complicated course in acute PE Nov 22, 2023
Giving DHA to Preemies Doesn't Improve Behavioral Outcomes Later On At age 5, kids born at Nov 20, 2023
Drug Candidate for Chronic Cough Rejected by FDA Panel Gefapixant's benefit not clinically meaningful enough, panelists say Nov 17, 2023
Unclear if Chronic Cough Drug Has Meaningful Benefit, FDA Reviewers Say Previously rejected gefapixant will face agency's panel of outside experts on Friday Nov 16, 2023
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds Pre-existing asthma, rhinitis showed some correlation with post-COVID conditions Nov 10, 2023
Lung Cancer Survival High at 20 Years With Screen-Detected Tumors After two decades, lung cancer-specific survival remained at 81% in I-ELCAP program Nov 07, 2023
Vape Use May Have Turned a Corner Among High Schoolers Yet just under half of those who tried e-cigs still report using them in national survey Nov 02, 2023
ACS: Millions More Should Get Lung Cancer Screening Notably, new recommendations say it doesn't matter when a person quit smoking Nov 01, 2023
Using AI to Predict Exacerbations in Uncontrolled COPD This is the "wave of the future," says Reynold Panettieri Nov 01, 2023 video
COVID Upended Bronchiolitis Admission Patterns in Kids Admission rates and seasonality of common airway infections changed since 2020 Oct 27, 2023
Severe Asthma in Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults: What Can We Do? Tugba Kaplan, MD, believes it is imperative to implement targeted interventions Oct 25, 2023 video
Convalescent Plasma Improves Survival in COVID Patients With ARDS, New Trial Shows Might be one treatment option for the sickest of patients Oct 25, 2023
Fancy Nasal Suction Device Makes Little Difference in Infant Bronchiolitis No improvement over minimal suction for bronchiolitis revisits, feeding, sleeping Oct 20, 2023
Surgery Gets a Win for Clearing Nasal Obstruction Septoplasty more effective than nasal spray management in people with a deviated septum Oct 19, 2023
Albuterol-Budesonide Improves Lung Function in Asthma Fewer severe exacerbations over albuterol alone in post hoc assessment of MANDALA study Oct 18, 2023 video
Plastic Glove, Scissors Solve Problem in Single-Lung Ventilation DIY approach to non-dependent lung collapse succeeds in trial Oct 17, 2023
The Case for a Yearly COVID Booster Shot New analysis of Moderna's COVE trial looked at best time for boosters Oct 17, 2023
RSV Vaccine Maintains Efficacy Across Two Seasons in Seniors And second dose after 1 year appeared to add no extra protection Oct 15, 2023
ECMO Has Become a Harder Sell in Severe COVID-19 Studies show decreased use, cast doubt on clinical benefit Oct 13, 2023
'Surprising' Contribution of Pulmonary Hypertension to ARDS Outcomes Coexisting conditions spell markedly poor clinical course Oct 12, 2023
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Which Guidelines to Choose? Experts debate how useful European guidelines may be for U.S. patients Oct 12, 2023
