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Sepsis transition program may lower mortality in patients discharged to post-acute care
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- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Sepsis survivors discharged to post-acute care facilities are at high risk.
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New ILD, asthma, and COPD trials
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Three new and still-recruiting trials of interest to pulmonologists and their patients are presented in this debut presentation of Clinical Trials...
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Sleep, not smoke, the key to COPD exacerbations?
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Individuals who self-reported having poor-quality sleep had a 25%-95% higher risk of COPD exacerbations.
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NIAID trial to test asthma drug in disadvantaged urban children
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
“We need to find out how well approved asthma drugs work for disadvantaged children of color living in urban areas.”
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COPD screening for asymptomatic adults? USPSTF weighs in, again
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
To update its 2016 recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force commissioned a reaffirmation evidence...
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FDA approves generic Symbicort for asthma, COPD
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
The approval was given for a metered-dose inhaler that contains both budesonide and formoterol.
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FDA approves tezepelumab-ekko (Tezspire) for severe asthma
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
“Tezspire represents a much-needed new treatment for the many patients who remain underserved and continue to struggle with severe, uncontrolled...
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No added risk of hepatic cancer in patients with hemophilia after successful HCV treatment
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
“Careful observation is needed in patients with hemophilia even after eradication of HCV.”
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Intracranial hemorrhaging a high risk for patients with hemophilia, especially neonates
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
The observed rates of intracranial hemorrhaging (ICH) in patients with hemophilia were higher compared to the...
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Methylation patterns correlate with prognosis in children with T-ALL
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Hypomethylation of the asparagine synthase gene was significantly associated with poor therapeutic outcome in children with T-cell acute...
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Transfusions, readmissions higher for patients with CLL after cardiac surgery
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Most other outcomes were similar for patients with and without CLL, including mortality and infection.
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Can reversing T-cell exhaustion benefit in B-cell lymphoma relapse?
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Overall, 3 of the 12 patients showed a response after pembrolizumab: One complete response; two partial...
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Genetic shift increases susceptibility to childhood ALL
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
A genetically induced shift toward higher lymphocyte counts was found to increase susceptibility to childhood...
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New gene variant found for hereditary bleeding disorder
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
Reduced expression of thrombomodulin caused by the gene variant may be responsible for the disseminated...
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New treatments have transformed Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia care
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
BCR-ABL mutation tyrosine kinase inhibitors have transformed Ph+ ALL from an historically poor prognosis disease...