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) – The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery is probably higher and longer-lasting than previously thought, data from the UK’s Million Women Study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that when noncalcified lung nodules are detected by computed tomography (CT), assessment of their volume and volume-doubling time with repeat…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is more than twice as likely to show an unexpected nodule or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Catheter-directed therapy is an effective treatment for acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE) and the risk of major complications is relatively small, the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Keeping hypoxic patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the prone position does not reduce mortality, although it might provide a slight…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term ambrisentan therapy safely improves exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to results of an extension protocol that followed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statin therapy may lead to worsening of dyspnea and fatigue in patients with diastolic heart failure (DHF), according to findings presented Tuesday at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using hypertonic saline with nebulized epinephrine instead of normal saline does not improve the clinical outcomes of infants in the ER with mild…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with severe cases of novel H1N1 influenza virus infection (swine flu) are at heightened risk for chest complications, including pulmonary emboli, Michigan…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tamoxifen therapy has been linked to an increased risk of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and now new research suggests…
