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In a Clinical Practice Guideline published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Recommendations Developed for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Recommendations for sirolimus treatment in certain patients, against doxycycline, hormonal therapy
Tobacco smoking causes mutations that lead to cancer by multiple distinct mechanisms

Smoking Ups Cancer Risk by Causing Distinct Cell Mutations

For every year of smoking a pack daily, 150 more mutations found in each lung cell
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy is associated with lower in-hospital mortality and shorter length of hospital stay versus open thoracotomy

In-Hospital Mortality Down With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sx

Shorter length of hospital stay, and lower likelihood of any perioperative morbidity with VATS
Fragranced products such as soaps

Scented Products, Environments Linked to Health Woes for Many

Most would prefer fragrance-free workplaces, hotels, airplanes

October 2016 Briefing – Pulmonology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for October 2016. This roundup includes the latest...

American College of Chest Physicians, Oct. 22-26

The 82nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians The annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians was held...
In a Clinical Practice Guideline published online Oct. 20 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Recommendations for Ventilator Liberation in Hospitalized Adults

Four recommendations developed for acutely hospitalized adults ventilated for >24 hours
From 1999 to 2014 the numbers of deaths

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths Down 1999 to 2014

Additional study needed to demonstrate the efficacy of residential CO alarms
There has been an increase in the use of mechanical ventilation over time without substantial improvement in survival among hospitalized nursing home residents with advanced dementia

Ventilators May Be Overused Among Dementia Patients in ICUs

Hospitals may put too many advanced dementia patients on ventilators, research suggests
For high-risk critically ill patients who have undergone extubation

High-Flow Oxygen Not Inferior for Averting Reintubation

Not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation for high-risk patients who have undergone extubation