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Red Cell Distribution Width May Be a Biomarker for Early Pulmonary Hypertension
Albuterol Premedication Reduces Respiratory Adverse Events After Tonsillectomy
Insurance Status Affects Emergency Department Discharge and Transfer Rates
Obligations of Health Networks to Transition Patients During Hospital Closures
Pertussis-Related Infant Mortality Rate Decreased After Maternal Tdap Vaccination
Asthma Care Guideline Adherence Among Primary Care Clinicians
Is CPAP or Noninvasive Ventilation Preferred in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome?
CODEX Index Is Good Predictor of COPD Mortality
Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD Did Not Improve Sleep Quality
Asthma More Likely to Develop in Adults With High Blood Eosinophil Counts
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis May Predict Mortality in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and PH
New Tool Helps Alert the Public to Unlawfully Marketed Dietary Supplement Ingredients
Rifapentine Plus Isoniazid Noninferior to Isoniazid in HIV-Related TB
Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Examined in Real-World Setting
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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
Collaborative Care Model Improves Mental Health in Respiratory Disease
Providers and patients may not recognize signs of mental health disorders because they often overlap with those of respiratory diseases.
Drug-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A More Complicated Prognosis
The prognosis for patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is substantially worse than for patients with idiopathic PAH.
Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: What Do We Know?
A panel of 4 clinicians with experience in pediatric pulmonology discuss current research findings and gaps in studies of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, particularly regarding cardiovascular risk.
