Characterization of increased aspiration pneumonia risk in patients with stroke
1. Aspiration pneumonia in post-stroke patients showed significantly increased 90-day mortality, longer hospital stays, and more cardiovascular events at one ...
Tag: respirology
Merck’s Winrevair: Pulmonary arterial hypertension drug shows success ahead of schedule
Strong positive interim data from an earlier Phase 3 trial has led to early cessation of Merck’s pulmonary arterial hypertension ...
Short sleep duration associated with increased risk of diabetes
1. Short sleep duration (<6 hours per day) and regular or occasional snoring were associated with a higher risk of ...
Verona’s Ohtuvayre shows promise in the treatment and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Ohtuvayre showed significant improvement in lung function by 12 weeks. Follow-up analyses showed that Ohtuvayre had long-term benefits by reducing ...
Different single inhaler triple therapies appear to have similar clinical outcomes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1. In a cohort of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), receiving fluticasone-umeclidinium-vilanterol was not associated with improved clinical ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 23, 2024
GOLD COPD Exacerbation History Categories and Disease Outcomes 1. Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) history categories described by ...
Reduced pneumococcal vaccine schedules non-inferior to WHO recommendations
1. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, it was found that a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule involving a single primary ...
Point of care C-reactive protein testing may be useful in guiding antibiotic prescribing
1. C-reactive protein (CRP)-point-of-care tests can be used to guide antibiotic prescribing in primary care for patients with acute exacerbations ...
Asthma may be associated with impaired memory function in children
1. Longitudinal results found that children with earlier asthma onset had slower episodic memory development compared to children without asthma. ...
Adjuvant durvalumab therapy improves survival in limited-stage small cell lung cancer
1. In this randomized controlled trial, adjuvant therapy with durvalumab led to improved overall and progression-free survival compared to placebo ...