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Neonatal vitamin A supplementation is associated with increased long-term risk of atopy in females

Lasting Atopy Risk in Females With Neonatal Vitamin A Rx

Increased risk of atopy and wheezing for females, but not males, in long-term follow-up
Articles relating to diffuse parenchymal lung disease

High-Value Research of 2014 Presented for Pulmonary Med

Author summarizes 2014 studies that are highly relevant to pulmonary medicine

April 2015 Briefing – Pulmonology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for April 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
A Colorado dog last year caused the largest outbreak of pneumonic plague -- also called the Black Death -- in the United States since 1924

CDC: Colorado Dog Key to U.S. Pneumonic Plague Outbreak

Health officials detail rare, multiple-case infection
Lung volume reduction surgery is safe for select patients

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Offers Lasting Benefit

Operation safe for select patients; significant clinical benefit seen through five years
An implant created with a three-dimensional printer has demonstrated success in three patients

3-D Printing Method Successfully Treats Tracheobrochomalacia

Flexible implant adapts with child's growth, researchers say
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is already the third leading cause of death in the world

COPD May Increase Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

COPD is third leading cause of death in the world
Interventional pulmonology (IP) graduates most often find positions in academic IP practices

Most Interventional Pulmonology Grads in Academic Practices

Three-quarters of interventional pulmonology graduates have positions in academic practices
Most acute lung injury survivors have symptoms of general anxiety

Anxiety, Depression, PTSD Common After Acute Lung Injury

More than half of survivors with any supra-threshold symptoms had co-occurrence of symptoms
The diagnostic yield of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration is not influenced by the type of sedation used

Sedation Type Doesn’t Influence Diagnostic Yield in EBUS-TBNA

Similar diagnostic yield, rate of major complications for moderate sedation, general anesthesia