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Cardiorespiratory fitness improves mortality risk prediction beyond conventional risk factors

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Aids Mortality Prediction

Cardiorespiratory fitness even more predictive when combined with traditional risk factors
High-dose anakinra

Anakinra May Reduce Systemic Inflammation in COVID-19

At 21 days, survival was 90 percent in anakinra group versus 56 percent in standard treatment group
A prototype for a low-cost

Low-Cost, Noninvasive Ventilator Feasible for Breathing Support

Inspiratory/expiratory pressures up to 20/10 cmH20, respectively; no faulty triggering, cycling
In an evidence-based guideline developed by an international team of physicians

Guideline Issued for Nonsevere, Severe COVID-19 Therapy

Corticosteroids recommended for severe COVID-19 with ARDS but not severe COVID-19 without ARDS
In an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

ATS Issues Guideline on the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis

Recommendations address the uncertainties faced by clinicians in the detection, diagnosis of sarcoidosis
In COVID-19 patients

Early Awake Proning for COVID-19 Improves Oxygen Saturation

Improvement in oxygen saturation seen with awake early self-proning in the emergency department
For patients with COVID-19

Anosmia in COVID-19 Linked to Lower Risk for Admission

Pulmonary infiltrates and/or pleural effusion on chest radiograph may increase risk for admission

April 2020 Briefing – Pulmonology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for April 2020. This roundup includes the latest...
Hospitals should have a formal plan to respond to the increasing need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the setting of a pandemic such as COVID-19

Guidelines Recommended for ECMO Use in Setting of Pandemic

Tiered approach to ECMO response recommended, with focus on increasing capacity during mild surge
Climate change continues to make air pollution worse

Nearly Half of U.S. Population Breathes Unhealthy Air

More cities saw increase in days with spikes in particle pollution for 2016-2018 versus 2015-2017