Pulmonology
News
Influenza already in midseason form
Quality
Have lower readmission rates led to higher mortality for patients with COPD?
The evidence of an association between readmissions and mortality has been complicated and conflicting.
News
2019-2020 flu season starts off full throttle
Five states and Puerto Rico already are at the highest level of flu activity, the CDC reports.
Opinion
Guideline: Diagnosis and treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia
The practice guideline was jointly written by an ad hoc committee of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
News
Ask about vaping in patients with respiratory symptoms, CDC says
New CDC recommendations intended to help HCPs pinpoint and manage vaping-associated lung injuries as seasonal respiratory infections trend upward...
Practice Management
Documentation tips: Acute respiratory failure
Documenting acute respiratory failure accurately matters, regardless if it is, or is not, the primary diagnosis.
News
Pulmonary embolism treatment teams adopted widely for complex disease
News
Vaping-linked lung injury: 2,172 cases, 42 deaths
Forty-two deaths from EVALI have been confirmed in 24 states and the District of Columbia.
News
Transfusion-related lung injury is on the rise in elderly patients
SAN ANTONIO – Researchers at the Food and Drug Administration examined trends in potentially life-threatening or fatal transfusion-related adverse...
News
Smokers with PE have higher rate of hospital readmission
NEW ORLEANS – The rate of readmission within 30 days was significantly higher among PE patients with tobacco...