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Pulmonary rehabilitation helps wide range of COPD patients
Participation in at least 20 days of pulmonary rehabilitation by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) resulted in...
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Rhinovirus most often caused HA-VRIs in two hospitals
Health care–associated viral respiratory infections (HA-VRIs) were common in two pediatric hospitals, with rhinovirus the most frequent cause of...
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Macitentan boosts quality of life in PAH patients
Macitentan, a recent addition to the drugs that treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), improves and stabilizes quality of life for patients...
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Nailfold analysis can predict cardiopulmonary complications in systemic sclerosis
Nailfold videocapillaroscopy can help to predict which patients with systemic sclerosis may develop serious cardiopulmonary complications,...
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Early procalcitonin testing reduced ICU costs for sepsis patients
Procalcitonin (PCT) testing on the first day of ICU admission for adult patients with sepsis is associated with reduced length of stay, less...
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Giant cell arteritis independently raises risk for venous thromboembolism
The risk of venous thromboembolism increases markedly shortly before the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis regardless of glucocorticoid exposure,...
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Osteopenia risk up in men with sarcopenia and COPD
Osteopenia/osteoarthritis is significantly more likely in men with COPD who experience sarcopenia.
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Guidelines for diagnosing TB in adults, children
A Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosing pulmonary, extrapulmonary, and latent tuberculosis in adults and children has been released jointly...
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In NSCLC, delayed chemo yields survival benefit comparable to early chemo
In patients with non–small-cell lung cancer for whom adjuvant chemotherapy must be delayed for as long as 18 weeks, mortality outcomes are no...
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NIAID panel: Introduce peanut foods early to cut allergy risk
New NIAID guidelines recommend introducing peanut foods early to children at various levels of risk for peanut allergy.