This video provides a comprehensive overview of pediatric asthma, focusing on how to approach a wheezing child. It differentiates between stridor and wheezing, explaining their causes and characteristics…
This video features a presentation at the Best of Lung 2023 conference. Jaime Schneider, MD discusses the latest advancements in targeted therapies for lung cancer. They highlight the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pneumothorax occurs in 15% of patients having a transthoracic needle biopsy of a pulmonary nodule, according to the findings of a population-based cross-sectional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new clinical practice guideline recommends bronchodilator monotherapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and an FEV1 less than 60% predicted. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The lipoarabinomannan (LAM) urinary assay isn’t accurate enough to be used for routine TB diagnosis, according to a new review in the European…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The hypoxia-altitude simulation test (HAST) can be used to identify patients with COPD in need of supplemental oxygen in flight, but not precisely…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roflumilast is safe and reduces exacerbations in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are also using a long-acting beta-2 agonist…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In infants and young children with cystic fibrosis, treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection based on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) rather than oropharyngeal cultures does not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Residents and workers exposed to dust after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) manifest signs of regional distal airways dysfunction,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new population-based study finds the incidence of pulmonary complications associated with amiodarone to be relatively low, but still 50% higher among patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bronchodilation is well maintained in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using the long-acting beta-2-agonist indacaterol during 1 year of treatment, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with severe uncontrolled asthma, adding inhaled tiotropium to standard treatment improves lung function significantly, according to a study published June 3rd…
