ALLMedicine™ Pneumonia Center

May 15th, 2021 - Hematological comparison of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and other viral pneumonias can provide insights into COVID-19 treatment. In this retrospective case-control single-center study, we compared the data of 126 patients with viral pneumonia d...

May 15th, 2021 - Remdesivir is one of the most encouraging treatments against SARS-CoV-2 infection. After intravenous infusion, RDV is rapidly metabolized (T1/2 1h) within the cells to its active adenosine triphosphate analogue form (GS-443902) and, then, it can b...

May 15th, 2021 - CAP (community acquired pneumonia) is a leading cause of morbidity in children, despite advances in healthcare and anti-pneumococcal vaccine. Complicated pneumonia accounts for a significant burden with prolonged hospitalization. Finding risk fact...

May 15th, 2021 - Assess the pathologic changes in the lungs of COVID-19 decedents and correlate these changes with demographic data, clinical course, therapies, and duration of illness. Lungs of 12 consecutive COVID-19 decedents consented for autopsy were evaluate...

May 14th, 2021 - To better understand Walter Dandy's intentions and the historical context of his work on hemispherectomy, the authors reviewed his original 1928 publication. Gliomas were considered incurable at that time. Presuming that the loss of motor function...

Apr 21st, 2021 - Streptococcus pneumoniae related diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in children and in the elderly population. It is transmitted to other individuals through droplets and it can spread to other parts of the human h...

Apr 6th, 2021 - A 54-year-old man sought treatment at the ED for a productive cough with green phlegm of approximately 6 months’ duration that was accompanied by a 10-pound weight loss, night sweats, and occasional subjective fevers. He had made several prior vis...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians is a revision of the 2009 "Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Community-Acquired Pneumonia." A wri...

Sep 5th, 2020 - The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a rapidly spreading illness, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), affecting more than seventeen million people around the world. Diagnosis and treatment guideli...

Jun 8th, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory tract infection caused by a novel human coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, leads to a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic cases to pat...

May 15th, 2021 - Hematological comparison of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and other viral pneumonias can provide insights into COVID-19 treatment. In this retrospective case-control single-center study, we compared the data of 126 patients with viral pneumonia d...

May 15th, 2021 - Remdesivir is one of the most encouraging treatments against SARS-CoV-2 infection. After intravenous infusion, RDV is rapidly metabolized (T1/2 1h) within the cells to its active adenosine triphosphate analogue form (GS-443902) and, then, it can b...

May 15th, 2021 - CAP (community acquired pneumonia) is a leading cause of morbidity in children, despite advances in healthcare and anti-pneumococcal vaccine. Complicated pneumonia accounts for a significant burden with prolonged hospitalization. Finding risk fact...

May 15th, 2021 - Assess the pathologic changes in the lungs of COVID-19 decedents and correlate these changes with demographic data, clinical course, therapies, and duration of illness. Lungs of 12 consecutive COVID-19 decedents consented for autopsy were evaluate...

May 15th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. "Vaccines have been the bright light of this extraordinary challenge that we've gone through," said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National In...

May 15th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. "Vaccines have been the bright light of this extraordinary challenge that we've gone through," said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National In...

May 4th, 2021 - Oral corticosteroid bursts are associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, sepsis, and pneumonia during the month after treatment initiation, according to a nationwide cohort study of children in Taiwan. The adverse events are ...

Apr 21st, 2021 - Streptococcus pneumoniae related diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in children and in the elderly population. It is transmitted to other individuals through droplets and it can spread to other parts of the human h...

Apr 19th, 2021 - Patients with heart failure get pneumonia at a rate almost three times greater than expected and, once they do get pneumonia, have about a fourfold greater risk of death, investigators for a retrospective analysis of 13,000 patients from two landm...

Apr 6th, 2021 - A 54-year-old man sought treatment at the ED for a productive cough with green phlegm of approximately 6 months’ duration that was accompanied by a 10-pound weight loss, night sweats, and occasional subjective fevers. He had made several prior vis...