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Nearly half of previously employed acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors are jobless one year after hospital discharge

Many Survivors Jobless After Respiratory Distress Syndrome

At 12-month follow-up, 44 percent of previously employed ARDS survivors were jobless

April 2017 Briefing – Pulmonology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for April 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Individuals in certain occupations and in certain populations may be more at risk of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Risk Up for Some Populations

American-Indians account for 18 percent of case-patients, have higher case-fatality rates than whites
Menopause is associated with accelerated decline in lung function

Menopause Linked to Accelerated Decline in Lung Function

Transitional and post-menopausal women have increased decline in mean FVC and FEV1
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Exercise Capacity Prognostically Beneficial for Patients

When not contraindicated, reviewers urge for overall view of patients' clinical status
New antibiotic therapy

New Antibiotic Tx Beneficial After Acute Lung Function Decline in CF

Findings among children with cystic fibrosis treated either inpatient, outpatient
Magnetic resonance imaging measures can predict outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension

MRI Measures Can Predict Pulmonary Arterial HTN Outcome

Adjusted RV-end-systolic-volume-index, relative area change of pulmonary artery predict death
Enteral docosahexaenoic acid supplementation does not reduce the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia for infants born before 29 weeks of gestation

Enteral DHA Doesn’t Cut Preemie Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Risk

Relative risk of physiological bronchopulmonary dysplasia up for infants born before 29 weeks
For patients with hypoxemia after cardiac surgery

Intensive Strategy Addresses Hypoxemia After Cardiac Surgery

Intensive alveolar recruitment strategy linked to less severe pulmonary complications after cardiac sx

February 2017 Briefing – Pulmonology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for February 2017. This roundup includes the latest...