Healthcare professionals are being advised to monitor patients regularly for pulmonary symptoms indicative of ILD and/or pneumonitis, including hypoxia, cough, dyspnea, and interstitial infiltrates on radiologic exams.
After recent use of marijuana oils in e-cigarettes, 5 patients in North Carolina were diagnosed with acute exogenous lipoid pneumonia.
The ACIP has issued new guidelines for the prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines for the 2019–2020 season.
The recent cluster of pulmonary illnesses related to electronic cigarette use appears to represent an emerging clinical syndrome or syndromes.
Meanwhile, Michigan becomes the first state to ban flavored electronic cigarettes.
Pneumococcal colonization rates are low in recipients of solid organ transplants, but most of the colonizing serotypes are not included in pneumococcal vaccines.
Any form of licensed, age-appropriate influenza vaccine is acceptable, with no preferred formulation or product.
Evidence refutes routine use of haloperidol for the treatment of delirium.
The use of e-cigarette products has been associated with several cases of severe pulmonary disease.
The overall dose length product to effective dose conversion factor for lung cancer screening is higher than the value previously used for chest computed tomography.
