Clinical Pain Advisor met with Scharles Konadu, MD, a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology Specialty Board, to discuss how deeply racial inequity is woven into our health care system.
Bronchoscopy and radial endobronchial ultrasound, with or without a thin scope, produced a poor diagnostic yield for clinicians when diagnosing pulmonary lesions.
Peripheral pulmonary lesions were >3 times more likely to be diagnosed with computed tomography bronchus sign than peripheral pulmonary lesions without CT bronchus sign.
In adult patients, pooled estimates of sensitivity and specificity were generated for 4 clinical features: paroxysmal cough, posttussive vomiting, inspiratory whoop, and absence of fever.
The clinical prediction tool that uses confusion, uremia, elevated respiratory rate, and hypotension in community-acquired pneumonia demonstrated an association with ICU admittance.
Advanced diagnostic platforms to identify viruses can help patients with severe lower respiratory tract infections avoid unnecessary diagnostic testing, reduce antibiotic use, and initiate antiviral therapy.
