Pulmonology
News
Shorter steroid treatment worked for COPD exacerbations
Major Finding: After 180 days of follow-up, 56 patients (35.9%) who received short-course glucocorticoids and 57 (36.8%) who received conventional...
News
Dupilumab cuts moderate, severe asthma exacerbations
Major Finding: Dupilumab was associated with an 87% reduction in asthma exacerbation; three patients receiving dupilumab (6%) had an exacerbation...
News
Nighttime intensivists don't improve ICU outcomes
Major finding: Having a critical care specialist physically present overnight did not improve ICU patient outcomes. Data source: A 1-year...
News
Viral testing cut antibiotic use in children with respiratory illness
Major finding: In children hospitalized with an acute respiratory illness, a positive rapid viral panel increased the odds of receiving...
News
Preclinical brain amyloid deposition linked to poor sleep
Major Finding: Study subjects with a strong likelihood of amyloid deposition had significantly worse sleep efficiency (80.4% vs.
Conference Coverage
AAP guidelines have changed bronchiolitis management
Major finding: Nonrecommended diagnostic and treatment method utilization in bronchiolitis cases decreased by up to 20% within 6 years of the...
News
Palivizumab in preterm infants limits wheezing for 1 year
Major finding: The number of days in which a healthy preterm baby wheezed during the first year of life was 61% lower with palivizumab (1.8% of...
News
Insulin resistance may predict ventilator-associated pneumonia
Major finding: Ninety-two patients had a sharp increase in insulin requirements shortly before they were diagnosed with ventilator-associated...