ALLMedicine™ Pneumonia Center

Mar 28th, 2023 - The role of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been the subject of much uncertainty. COPD clinical guidelines currently recommend selective use of ICS. ICS are not recommended as monotherapy for peopl...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Several infections, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections (UTIs), as well as bloodstream, skin, and soft tissue infections, are caused by Acinetobacter baumannii, a nosocomial pathogen and Gram-negative coccobacillus. Due to its resistance t...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, may be considered a neglected tropical disease which remains underdiagnosed in many geographical areas. Travelers can act as sentinels of disease activity and data from imported cases may help comp...

Mar 27th, 2023 - Respiratory distress due to lower respiratory illnesses is a leading cause of death in children. Early recognition of high-risk populations is critical for the allocation of adequate resources. Our goal was to assess whether the lung ultrasound (U...

Mar 26th, 2023 - The authors aimed to explore the feasibility and efficiency of an interrupted intraarterial selective cooling infusion (IA-SCI) combined with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). This prospective, nonrandomize...

Jan 15th, 2023 - Pulmonary involvement in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) can be severe but may be overlooked in milder cases. The Care4BrittleBones Foundation initiated this project to develop a set of global outcome measures focusing on respiratory-related issues i...

Nov 19th, 2022 - Patients with COVID-19 have shown melatonin deficiency. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of administration oral melatonin in patients with COVID-19-induced pneumonia. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive melatonin plus sta...

Oct 25th, 2022 - Since their discovery in the 1950s, rhinoviruses (RVs) have been recognized as a major causative agent of the “common cold” and cold-like illnesses, accounting for more than 50% of upper respiratory tract infections. However, more than that, respi...

Nov 24th, 2021 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) came under the attention of the international medical community when China first notified the World Health Organization of a pneumonia outbreak of then-unknown etiology in Wuhan in December 2019. Since then,...

Apr 27th, 2021 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations on the appropriate use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department (ED) or inpatient settings...

Mar 24th, 2023 - Patients who take more opioid medications after surgery tend to have longer hospital stays, and they are at risk of developing pneumonia and other postoperative morbidities. Opioid-tolerant patients are at a higher risk of developing these morbidi...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - RSV is the most common viral cause of serious acute lower respiratory illness (LRI) in infants and children under 5 years of age around the world. RSV illness can range from mild upper respiratory tract illness (URI) to severe LRI, including bronc...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Patients who develop acute respiratory failure require hospitalization and mechanical ventilatory support. Of all patients admitted to intensive care units in the US, approximately 40% require mechanical ventilation. With the ongoing COVID-19 pand...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - From 2003 when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes (SARS) appeared，many new types of respiratory viruses emerge in endlessly. Therefore, the epidemiology and the clinical character has changed quietly, especially severe pneumonia. This cohort stud...

Mar 21st, 2023 - This study is designed to collect respiratory secretion specimens and blood samples to facilitate studies of human Pneumocystis infection and disease, to detect genes associated with drug resistance, and to assess strain variation. This study will...

Nocardia spp. infection should remain on the differential diagnosis of pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts, regardless of co-infections.

Mar 22nd, 2023 - No anticoagulation strategy came out a clear winner for hard outcomes in a hypoxic and largely critically ill COVID-19 patient population, although higher-dose prophylaxis did decrease risk of developing thrombosis, a French trial showed. Therapeu...

Mar 21st, 2023 - For patients admitted to the intensive care unit with severe community-acquired pneumonia, treatment with hydrocortisone led to a lower risk of death at 28 days versus placebo, a phase III randomized trial in France showed. Among nearly 800 patien...

Mar 20th, 2023 - The history and findings in this case are suggestive of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) large cell carcinoma. Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and has the highest mortality rate of all cancers.

Mar 20th, 2023 - Using conventional ultrafiltration during cardiac surgery did not appear to reduce the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications, according to a retrospective analysis. After adjusting for confounding variables, the incidence of the compo...