Killer ARDS under-recognised and under-treated
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that about 10 per cent of patients in intensive care units worldwide have Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), that the mortality rate from… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that about 10 per cent of patients in intensive care units worldwide have Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), that the mortality rate from… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Among adults with chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps who do not respond to intranasal corticosteroids, addition of investigative dupilumab to mometasone furoate nasal spray compared… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Ivacaftor appears to be safe and efficacious for children ages 2 to and 5 with a specific type of cystic fibrosis, researchers reported on Jan…. read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that corticosteroids treatment of mothers at risk for late preterm delivery significantly reduces the incidence of severe respiratory complications in their babies.
by Bruce Sylvester: Benzodiazepine therapy in older adults is not associated with an increase in dementia risk, researchers reported on Feb. 2, 2016 in The BMJ today.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that patients treated with the dementia drug rivastigimine are less likely to fall and are much steadier when walking, compared to patients receiving… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment with the clot-busting drug alteplase appears to be an effective way to decrease mortality in intraventricular hemorrhage, a catastrophic type… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Investigators from a phase l/II clinical trial report that high-dose atorvastatin treatment of patients with the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) resulted in… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a meta-analysis of relevant studies suggest that exercise, alone or in combination with education, reduces the risk of low back pain. The findings… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Women who have problems sleeping are at an increased risks of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers reported on January 28, 2016 in Diabetologia.
by Bruce Sylvester: Ozone exposure appears to be associated with acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS) in some critically ill patients, according to research published on Dec. 17, 2015… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Women with heart failure are as likely as men to achieve survival benefit from receiving an implantable cardiac defibrillator, researchers reported on Jan. 12,2016 in Circulation: Heart… read more.
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