New guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19
International panel does quick turnaround McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 1, 2020) - An international team including McMaster University researchers has come together to issue guid...
International panel does quick turnaround McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 1, 2020) - An international team including McMaster University researchers has come together to issue guid...
Pneumonia is one of the most frequently occurring complications after esophagectomy and is associated with increased operative mortality. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is know...
Interest in and awareness of bladder cancer may translate to better health-seeking behaviors and earlier detection, given modifiable risk factors such as smoking. We assessed bladder cancer ...
Several studies have indicated that older adults with cognitive impairment have a poorer lifestyle than their healthy peers including lower 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels (25OHD).To investigate...
Ivabradine lowers heart rate by inhibiting the hyperpolarization-activated current in pacemaker cells, and its use for the treatment of heart failure (HF) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) is...
Guidelines recommend that healthcare providers (HCPs) assess and teach inhaler technique during all encounters with patients who have obstructive lung diseases like asthma or COPD, but rec...
Written by Physician's Weekly Blogger, Skeptical Scalpel Although at the time I wrote this over 33,000 people had died from COVID 19 infections worldwide, the numbers of patients dying in...
To investigate the relationship between symptom burden, medication adherence, and spiritual well-being in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The relationship between ...
Data on asthma burden in pediatric patients are limited; this real-world study investigated exacerbation frequency and health care resource utilization (HCRU) in pediatric asthma patients fr...
The processing of traditional poultry- and pork-based semidried fermented smoked sausages needs to be modernized to improve product quality and further extend its shelf life. The aim of the ...
To analyze, hierarchically, factors associated with hospital readmissions for acute coronary syndrome.Hospital readmissions have risen, especially in patients with multiple comorbidities, wh...
The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of health risk behaviors among elderly widowers with that of elderly partnered males, as well as single or divorced/separated men. A...
Increased lung recruitability seen with alternating body position between supine and prone positioning (HealthDay News) -- Lung recruitability can be assessed at bedside in mechanically...
Review shows vitamin C can shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation by an average of 25 percent The administration of vitamin C shortens the length of mechanical ventilation in cr...
Devices may activate prematurely if the blue safety release is removed using sideways force...
Pulmonary complications are fatal adverse events after allo-HCT. On the other hand, smoking is a well-known risk factor for various pulmonary diseases and also increases the incidence of pul...
Indoor microbial diversity and composition are suggested to affect the prevalence and severity of asthma by previous home microbiome studies, but no microbiome-health association study has b...
The relationship between depression and inflammation is currently a topic of much interest. Previous studies have produced mixed results regarding the association between depression and high...
The mucolytic monoterpene 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol), the major constituent of eucalyptus species, is well known for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, bronchodilatory, antiviral and antimicr...
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) poses a great threat to human health. DNA methylation abnormalities play a central role in the development and outcome of most human malignancies, providin...
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