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No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings

No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings

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Ask About Marijuana Use in Young Adult Smokers

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Marijuana use among young adult smokers is an increasingly prevalent problem, and clinicians who work with smokers need to find ways to incorporate multiple substance use into their patients’ treatment plans.... More

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Can We Wiki Our Way to Better Asthma Management? (With Audio)

Can We Wiki Our Way to Better Asthma Management? (With Audio)

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Can We Wiki Our Way to Better Asthma Management? (With Audio)

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Can We Wiki Our Way to Better Asthma Management? (With Audio)

A wiki website has resulted in a new and improved set of asthma management instructions, according to Samir Gupta, MD.... More
Ask About Marijuana Use in Young Adult Smokers

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Ask About Marijuana Use in Young Adult Smokers

Marijuana use among young adult smokers is an increasingly prevalent problem, and clinicians who work with smokers need to find ways to incorporate multiple substance use into their patients’ treatment plans.... More
"No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings"

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"No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings"

Todd W. Rice, MD, elaborates about the outcome of his study on acute lung injury patients who were given either trophic or full enteral feedings.... More
 

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Outcomes Good for Status Asthmaticus Patients in ICU

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Outcomes Good for Status Asthmaticus Patients in ICU

Although majority of patients require mechanical ventilation, mortality, complication rates are low. Although the majority of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with status asthmaticus (SA) require mechanical ventilation, the ... More
Low Vitamin D Linked to Poorer Outcomes in Lung Recipients

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Low Vitamin D Linked to Poorer Outcomes in Lung Recipients

Vitamin D deficiency was linked to increased rates of acute rejection, infection, death at one year, researchers reported. For lung transplant recipients, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) deficiency is associated with increased incidence of acut... More
World Asthma Day Promotes Awareness

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World Asthma Day Promotes Awareness

May is Asthma Awareness Month in the US, and World Asthma Day-an annual event intended to raise global awareness about the condition-was held on May 1, 2012. World Asthma Day is sponsored by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), an asthma gu... More
Long-Term Air Pollution Linked to Multiple Diseases

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Long-Term Air Pollution Linked to Multiple Diseases

Long-term exposure to air polution was associated a greater increase in hospital admissions than was short-term exposure.... More
Poor HFOV Response at 48 Hours May Predict Severe ARDS Mortality

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Poor HFOV Response at 48 Hours May Predict Severe ARDS Mortality

In a cohort of 58 patients with severe ARDS, failure to reach a PaO2/FiO2of at least 100 after 48 hours of high frequency oscillating ventilation treatment was significantly associated with in-hospital mortality. HOUSTON-Patients with severe ... More
How Can Physicians Rescue US Healthcare From Disaster?

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How Can Physicians Rescue US Healthcare From Disaster?

US healthcare is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and physician leadership is sorely needed to change its trajectory in coming decades, according to an industry leader. HOUSTON-While medical costs soar at an unsustainable rate, the healthc... More
Two-Drug Combination May Improve Tuberculosis Treatment

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Two-Drug Combination May Improve Tuberculosis Treatment

A combination of meropenem and clavulante may be a promising new treatment for tuberculosis, although clinical trials need to be completed to ensure its safety and efficacy, according to research. SAN DIEGO-A combination of clavulante and mer... More
Transbronchial Biopsy for Lung Cancer Patients Is Beneficial

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Transbronchial Biopsy for Lung Cancer Patients Is Beneficial

Transbronchial biopsy influenced subsequent care in 80% of lung cancer patients who received the procedure, according to the results of a retrospective review. HONOLULU-Many lung cancer patients with pulmonary abnormalities appear to benefit ... More
Prediction Model Shown to Identify Risk of Delirium in the ICU

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Prediction Model Shown to Identify Risk of Delirium in the ICU

Risk of delirium within the first 24 hours of ICU stay may be identified by a new prediction model, researchers said. The PRE-DELIRIC (prediction of delirium in ICU patients) model may predict delirium risk for patients during their ICU stay ... More
Model Predicts ICU Mortality of Patients With Refractory Hypoxemia

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Model Predicts ICU Mortality of Patients With Refractory Hypoxemia

HOUSTON-A new logistic regression model can predict the likelihood of ICU mortality in patients with refractory hypoxemia using data from the day of hypoxemia onset, reported Sonal Rachmale, MBBS, and colleagues, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mi... More
Asthma Patients Rarely Fail Oral Food Challenges

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Asthma Patients Rarely Fail Oral Food Challenges

ORLANDO-A chart review of patients who undertook food challenges found that those with asthma had lower failure rates, according to Carrie M. Lee, RN, MSN, of Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and colleagues. They presented this findi... More
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From March 1, 2012 to December 1, 2012, anyone who completes the registration on this website will be automatically eligible to win an iPad! A winner will be chosen at random. Winning an iPad is not the only benefit of registering at Pulmonar... More
No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings

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No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings

In a randomized trial, low-volume trophic enteral feeding administered to patients with acute lung injury did not improve the number of ventilator-free days or reduce mortality, compared with full enteral feeding. HOUSTON-Acute lung injury (A... More
Are Practitioners Managing Intubated Patients Appropriately?

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Are Practitioners Managing Intubated Patients Appropriately?

Results of a survey of nurses and respiratory therapists suggests that these practitioners airway management practices are improving, although some practices differ between the two types of practitioners. HOUSTON-Recent survey results suggest... More
PERCH Hopes to Uncover the Etiology of Childhood Pneumonia

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PERCH Hopes to Uncover the Etiology of Childhood Pneumonia

In one of the largest studies ever conducted on the etiology of childhood pneumonia, the PERCH project plans to study 6,000 children with pneumonia in seven research centers worldwide. The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) ... More
Air Pollution May Cause Hospital Admissions in Asthmatic Children

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Air Pollution May Cause Hospital Admissions in Asthmatic Children

Short-term exposure to air pollution-especially larger particles and traffic-related gases-may trigger hospital admissions for children with asthma, particularly infants, researchers reported in the March Thorax. Lead author Amne Iskandar, fr... More
Ultrasonography or X-Ray in Diagnosing Pneumothorax?

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Ultrasonography or X-Ray in Diagnosing Pneumothorax?

Chest ultrasonography for the detection of pneumothorax may be more effective than chest radiography, according to the results of a systematic review published in the March Chest. Chest radiographs are more commonly used to both make and rule... More
Findings From Recently Published Randomized Controlled Trials in April

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Findings From Recently Published Randomized Controlled Trials in April

What Are the Potential Complications of Multilevel Sleep Apnea Surgery?

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What Are the Potential Complications of Multilevel Sleep Apnea Surgery?

Among 487 patients who received surgery for obstructive sleep apnea, the complication rate was 7.1%-indicating that routine ICU admission following such surgery may not be necessary, researchers said. Patients who undergo multilevel surgery f... More
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) 2012 Annual Meeting—Orlando

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The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) 2012 Annual Meeting—Orlando

Excess Weight May Hinder Childhood Asthma Treatment Children with asthma appear to require more corticosteroids as their BMI increases, according to Rolando A. Nuez, MD, and colleagues of National Jewish Health in Denver. The researchers stud... More
New and Noteworthy Information From April 2012

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New and Noteworthy Information From April 2012

Dogs were able to detect lung cancer by smelling patients breath, which suggests the possibility of screening for the disease by breath analysis, according to study results reported in the March European Respiratory Journal. Investigators prese... More
 

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Can We Wiki Our Way to Better Asthma Management?

Can We Wiki Our Way to Better Asthma Management?

Samir Gupta, MD, of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and the University of Toronto, speaks to Pulmonary Reviews about the creation of a new asthma action plan using a wiki website.

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"NTM Patients Are Now Included in the Bronchiectasis Research Registry."

"NTM Patients Are Now Included in the Bronchiectasis Research Registry."

>Timothy R. Aksamit, MD, speaks to Pulmonary Reviews about the Bronchiectasis Research Registry, outlining its history and the rationale for adding NTM patients to the rolls. Aksamit also talks about the goals of the registry and... More
 
"No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings"

"No Difference in Ventilator-Free Days Among ALI Patients Given Trophic or Full Enteral Feedings"

Todd W. Rice, MD, elaborates about the outcome of his study on acute lung injury patients who were given either trophic or full enteral feedings.

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"Transbronchial Biopsy for Lung Cancer Patients Is Beneficial"

"Transbronchial Biopsy for Lung Cancer Patients Is Beneficial"

Paresh D. Patel, MD, from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the benefits of transbronchial biopsy in lung cancer patients.

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