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The crucial roles of inpatient vaccinations in preventing respiratory viral illnesses
The crucial roles of inpatient vaccinations in preventing respiratory viral illnesses
In recent years, the importance of inpatient...
Networks
Update on seasonal flu, RSV infections, and vaccines
November 12 marks World Pneumonia Day, and while it has long been recognized that viruses play a significant role in causing pneumonia, awareness...
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Pulmonology Data Trends 2023 (PDF)
Conference Coverage
Sputum microbiome may augur treatment success in NTM-PD
Patients cured of nontuberculosis mycobacterial infections with antibiotics had greater species diversity in sputum than those with refractory...
Conference Coverage
AI chatbot ‘hallucinates’ faulty medical intelligence
AI models are typically a year out of date and have this “charming problem of hallucinating made-up data and saying it with all the certainty of...
Conference Coverage
New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
Conference Coverage
Wastewater can signal upswing in flu, RSV
The new study shows that wastewater-based surveillance is a “robust and adaptable” tool for community-level surveillance of seasonal respiratory...
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CHEST launches sepsis resources in partnership with the CDC
Sepsis is the number one cause of death in US hospitals. It’s also the most expensive condition treated in those hospitals.
From the Journals
Paxlovid tied to benefits in high-risk patients with COVID
No significant benefit was observed in patients who were not immunocompromised.
Conference Coverage
Respiratory infections, asthma rise before type 2 diabetes
Taken together, the data suggest that subacute inflammation manifesting in asthma as well as the onset of asthma or an acute infection may be a...