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COVID-19 2024–2025 Vaccines, for Everyone 6 Months and Older, Target New Strains
PAH: Changing Approaches to Diagnosis, Treatment, and the …
May 19, 2023. Credit: Getty Images. In recent decades, a sea change in our understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension has affected treatment approaches, prognosis, and the patient journey. An emphasis on early diagnosis combined with better treatments and expanded risk stratification are changing the patient journey in PAH.
COVID-19 2024–2025 Vaccines, for Everyone 6 Months and Older, …
3 天之前 · COVID-19 vaccines for 2024–2025 are recommended in all individuals aged 6 months and older in the United States, with vaccines approved and authorized in August that include those by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNtech (targeting the KP.2 strain) and the Novavax, (targeting the JN.1 strain). This was reported in the September 19 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
COPD Triple Therapy Has Mostly Better Outcomes vs …
2024年8月7日 · The analysis found that no high-certainty evidence exists to show significant advantage reducing acute exacerbations or improving lung function in COPD with triple therapy vs non-triple therapy. Triple therapy vs LAMA or ICS/LABA showed no significant difference with respect to all-cause mortality, although compared with LABA/LAMA, high-certainty evidence suggested effectiveness.
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6 天之前 · Ron Goldberg. Publish Date October 7, 2024. 2017 to 2021 Saw Increase in Clinically Diagnosed Depression in Youth. Highest rates seen during COVID-19 pandemic versus before pandemic and in females, those aged 14 to 17 and 18 to 22 years.
Clinical Update on Drowning - Pulmonology Advisor
2024年7月3日 · Clinical Update on Drowning. Drowning is a significant worldwide public health concern. In 2019, approximately 236,000 people died from drowning, making it the world’s third leading cause of accidental death, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths globally. 1 In the United States, there were an average of 3536 drowning deaths annually ...
ATS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines: RT Is Essential but …
March 22, 2024. In 2024, pulmonary rehabilitation turned 50. 1 Yet even after being around for half a century and documenting consistent improvements in patient outcomes, pulmonary rehabilitation “remains underused and underresourced,” according to the 2023 American Thoracic Society (ATS) clinical guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation. 2.
Rescue Med Combo Benefits Patients With Intermittent or Mild …
3 天之前 · October 11, 2024. The BATURA trial ended early due to high efficacy data at pre-planned analysis. Topline results were announced from a phase 3b trial evaluating albuterol/budesonide metered dose inhaler in patients with intermittent or mild persistent asthma. Albuterol/budesonide, previously known as PT027, is a short-acting beta2-agonist ...
Long COVID Linked to Initial Disease Severity, Pre-existing COPD …
4 天之前 · October 10, 2024. Long COVID development was associated with having COPD or OSA and having specific oxygen or ventilation requirements during the initial COVID-19 hospitalization. Development of long COVID may be influenced by severity of the initial COVID-19 infection and pre-existing respiratory conditions, according to research presented at ...
Alternative Criteria Show Greater Sensitivity for Lung Cancer …
2024年9月20日 · These new criteria for lung cancer screening identified people with any smoking history for at least 40 years or people aged 60 to 80 years with a smoking history of 40 pack-years. Compared with USPSTF, these criteria selected similar numbers for screening but improved both sensitivity (91% vs 78%, P <.001) and specificity (86% vs 84%, P <.001 ...