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) – Roughly a third of caregivers do not use albuterol properly when their child has an asthma exacerbation, according to a report in the…
David Ciccolella, MD, Associate Professor at Temple University in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, talks about National Asthma Education and Prevention Program’s updated guidelines for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data from the UK General Practice Research Database suggest that failure to prescribe antibiotics when patients present with a lower respiratory tract infection…
Steven G. Kelsen, MD, FACP, FCCP, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis and their interactions with asthma. References…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of a helium/oxygen mixture can improve gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics in very low birth weight infants on long-term mechanical ventilation, new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Blacks are almost twice as likely as whites to develop acute lung injury (ALI), according to study findings presented Tuesday at the American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke appear to be at increased risk for early emphysematous lung changes decades later, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women seem to be more susceptible to the harmful effects of smoking than their male counterparts, according to findings from a case-control study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that many patients with sleep apnea continue to experience excessive daytime sleepiness despite treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with epinephrine and dexamethasone in the emergency room may help infants with bronchiolitis avoid hospital admission, according to a report in the…
