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Bayer Grant Will Award Up to $1 Million in PAH, CTEPH Research
Prognostic Effects of Imaging Ratios in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
First Anticoagulant Approved to Treat Symptomatic VTE in Pediatric Patients
CVS Pharmacy Introduces Third Party Testing for All Dietary Supplements
Pulmonary Hypertension Survival Predicted by Cardiopulmonary Reserve Index
Decreasing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Level I Trauma Patients
TB Treatment Monitoring: Molecular Bacterial Load Assay vs Standard Testing
Lack of Uniform Asthma-COPD Overlap Definition Creates Treatment Challenges
Budesonide-Formoterol Reliever Therapy Beats Albuterol for Prevention of Asthma Exacerbations
Latent TB Detection: QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus vs QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube
Improving Lung Function in COPD: Umeclidinium vs Salmeterol
Dry Powder Formulation of Treprostinil Appears Safe, Tolerable in PAH
SSc-PAH Risk Category Improves With Ambrisentan and Tadalafil Combo Therapy
Echocardiographic Right Atrial Area Improves Survival Prediction in PAH
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Mitigating Antibiotic Resistance in the ICU: An Expert Roundtable
Receiving appropriate antibiotic therapy in a timely manner is important, but clinicians must also consider potential antibiotic resistance in the hospital and surrounding community. -
Why Does Asthma Prevail? A Clinician’s Opinion on Nonadherence
Tregony Simoneau, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist, shares her experiences with nonadherence in treating asthma. -
Resisting Antibiotic Overprescription in Pneumonia: An Expert Roundtable
A shift toward personalized medicine in pneumonia management would involve refining the diagnostic categories to include viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, and noninfectious respiratory disease. -
Consequences of Bacterial and Viral Coinfections in Pneumonia
Diagnosing coinfection in pneumonia can be challenging because of timing of the sample collection and false-negative results when the viruses replicate in the lower respiratory tract. -
Malignant Pleural Effusion
What every physician needs to know: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common clinical problem that results in disabling breathlessness for patients with advanced malignancy. It represents disseminated disease and confers a poor prognosis. Patients often require multiple invasive procedures in order to gain a diagnosis and manage their symptomatic pleural effusions, which impacts their… -
PH Screening Adaptions for Certain Subtypes of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Because standardized approaches for echocardiographic screening are impractical for certain subgroups of people with congenital heart disease, experts offered screening adaptations for pulmonary hypertension.
Latest Features
Asthma Awareness Month: A Q&A With David A. Hill, MD, of the American Lung Association
In honor of Asthma Awareness Month, Pulmonology Advisor interviewed David A. Hill, MD, of the American Lung Association, to highlight the advances in care as well as gaps in knowledge and treatment.
Severe Asthma: Harnessing Biomarkers to Power Treatment Effectiveness
Researchers discuss how phenotypes, endotypes, and biomarkers can be used in clinical practice to predict and assess treatment effectiveness in severe asthma.
The Fine Art of Administering a Tuberculin Skin Test
When administered correctly, the Mantoux test can be an invaluable tool for the detection of tuberculosis.
