Pulmonology
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Tipoffs that an infant hospitalized with pertussis may require ICU
MADRID – Apnea is a strong predictor.
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Rest dyspnea dims as acute heart failure treatment target
PARIS – Results from two new acute heart failure trials “mark the start of a new era.”
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Noninvasive therapy cut COPD readmissions
WASHINGTON – Noninvasive ventilation therapy may let patients concerned with readmission breathe easy.
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VIDEO: Software predicts septic shock in hospitalized patients
Algorithm will have a moderate level of sensitivity to avoid “alert fatigue.”
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Oral iron of no benefit in heart failure with iron deficiency
High-dose oral iron therapy doesn’t improve exercise capacity in the estimated 50% of patients with symptomatic heart failure who also have iron...
Clinical
Readmission rates after passage of the hospital readmissions reduction program
Did hospitals receiving the highest penalties for readmissions have accelerated improvement in this metric after passage of Medicare Hospital...
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Rapid-fire session troubleshoots mechanical ventilation
LAS VEGAS – Troubleshooting problems with mechanical ventilation starts with assessing how much control one has over specific variables, according...
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Noncardiovascular comorbidities spike in acute heart failure
PARIS – The biggest jump occurred in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which rose from 27% in 2005 to 35% in 2014.
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Hospital infections top WHO’s list of priority pathogens
WHO is urging governments to focus antibiotic research efforts on a list of urgent bacterial threats, topped by several increasingly powerful...
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It’s been a good year for heart failure research ... mostly
WASHINGTON – The highs ... and the lows.