Children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract illness without up-to-date vaccinations had higher odds of receiving laboratory testing compared with children whose status was up to date.
Patients with established chronic lung allograft dysfunction may have a higher risk for respiratory syncytial virus infections, but lung function decline does not appear to be significantly affected.
The American Thoracic Society has published a new clinical practice guideline detailing recommendations for various microbiologic laboratory testing approaches for diagnosing fungal infections in pulmonary and critical care, with a particular focus on immunocompromised patients.
The type of oral corticosteroid — prednisolone or dexamethasone — used to treat pediatric patients with croup appears to have no clinically significant effect on efficacy.
