Race alone is not a biological risk factor of all-cause mortality in patients with COPD; other environmental and community factors may contribute. People with COPD who live in urban areas and in disadvantaged neighborhoods have significantly...
Race alone is not a biological risk factor of all-cause mortality in patients with COPD; other environmental and community factors may contribute. People with COPD who live in urban areas and in disadvantaged neighborhoods have significantly...
Tumor Treating Fields therapy plus stereotactic radiosurgery improved global health status and time to progression in lung cancer with brain metastases.
Ex-smokers who used electronic cigarettes had higher risks for lung cancer and lung cancer-specific death than those who did not vape.
The following is a summary of “Adherence to Single Inhaler Triple Therapy and Digital Inhalers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Literature Review and Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (TRICOLON study),” published in the July 2024 issue of...
1. In this randomized controlled trial, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 inflammation who received dupilumab had a lower annualized rate of moderate or severe exacerbations than those who received a placebo. 2. The change in...
1. In this randomized controlled trial studying critically ill adults, pantoprazole use was associated with a lower risk of clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding compared to placebo use. 2. There was no significant increase in C. difficile infection,...
Tumor Treating Fields therapy plus stereotactic radiosurgery improved global health status and time to progression in lung cancer with brain metastases.
Ex-smokers who used electronic cigarettes had higher risks for lung cancer and lung cancer-specific death than those who did not vape.
The following is a summary of “Adherence to Single Inhaler Triple Therapy and Digital Inhalers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Literature Review and Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (TRICOLON study),” published in the July 2024 issue of...
1. In this randomized controlled trial, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 inflammation who received dupilumab had a lower annualized rate of moderate or severe exacerbations than those who received a placebo. 2. The change in...
1. In this randomized controlled trial studying critically ill adults, pantoprazole use was associated with a lower risk of clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding compared to placebo use. 2. There was no significant increase in C. difficile infection,...
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Patients are allowed to make their own medical decisions, even if the physician doesn't agree with the choice, but try to intervene before a patient leaves AMA.
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