Pediatric Respiratory Failure No Better Off With Early High-Flow Oxygen Randomized trial only applies to toddlers without COVID-19, though Jan 24, 2023
Why Is a Fit Swimmer Breathless and Coughing Up Blood? Case highlights a little-known, potentially dangerous, often recurrent condition of swimmers Jan 17, 2023
Conspiracy Theorists' Cancer Beliefs; HIV Meds and Ethnicity Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium levels and health outcomes Jan 07, 2023 podcast
Weakened Diaphragm May Contribute to Long COVID Dyspnea Study suggests potential for a therapeutic intervention Jan 06, 2023
Black Patients Less Likely to Get Advanced Treatments for PE Also less likely for patients on Medicare and Medicaid Dec 12, 2022
Not Just a Miner's Problem: Workplace Fumes, Dust Tied to RA Swedish study expands range of airborne toxics associated with rheumatic disease Dec 06, 2022
Low-Dose Morphine Not Helpful for COPD Patients With Chronic Dyspnea More research needed to distinguish physiological from behavioral effects of dyspnea Nov 22, 2022
Kids Exposed to Smoke In Utero Had Better Lung Function If Moms Popped Vitamin C Follow-up findings from VCSIP trial shows better airway flow, decreased wheeze at age 5 years Nov 21, 2022
Marijuana Smoking Increases Emphysema Risk, Study Suggests Airway inflammation also more common in marijuana smokers than tobacco-only smokers Nov 15, 2022
Safer Alternative to Cyclophosphamide at Hand for ILD? Drug targeting B cells as effective as broad-spectrum immunosuppressant in lung disease Nov 14, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Need to Work Better for Dark-Skinned Patients, FDA Panel Says Warnings to patients and providers, improved accuracy needed, advisors say Nov 02, 2022
ECMO May Come With Mental Health Costs Use of ECMO for critical illness linked to modestly increased risk of new mental health diagnoses Oct 26, 2022
Sabizabulin Benefit in Hospitalized COVID Seen Early in Disease Course Fewer deaths with microtubule disruptor for patients only needing oxygen via mask or nasal prongs Oct 24, 2022
Pulmonary Rehab May Benefit Some Patients After Severe COVID Small study from India suggests improvements, but larger, longer follow-up studies are needed Oct 20, 2022
Older, Sicker Patients Benefit From ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplant CHEST session also examined other hot topics in lung transplant Oct 20, 2022
Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Promising for Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Strategy may mitigate the drawback of major bleeding Oct 19, 2022
Biologic Dupilumab Shows Sustained Benefit in Asthma Patients Reduced oral corticosteroid use, improved lung function maintained after nearly 2 years Oct 19, 2022
Racial Disparities in Pulse Oximetry Persist; Sex Differences in COPD Treatment Studies from annual CHEST meeting spotlight disparities in care Oct 18, 2022
Radiographic Lung Changes Common With Pulmonary Long COVID Symptoms But significant declines in pulmonary, physical function not evident in interim analyses Oct 17, 2022
Former Smokers See Even Better Outcomes With Healthier Lifestyles Managing body weight, diet, and more seemed to lower premature death risk Sep 26, 2022
Does Poor Air Quality Send More Kids With Autism to the Hospital? South Korean study looked at effects of short-term exposure on ASD-related outcomes Sep 21, 2022
Taking Two Common Supplements in Pregnancy Reduced Risk of Croup in Kids Fish oil and high-dose vitamin D led to 38% and 40% reduced risks of croup in kids under age 3 Sep 09, 2022
DPP-1 Blocker a Bust in Severe COVID Deaths in hospitalized patients significantly higher with oral brensocatib, trial finds Sep 08, 2022
Study: Microwave Ablation for Lung Nodules Effective as Last Resort Good option for patients who can't have surgery or radiotherapy, surgeon says Sep 08, 2022
Less Invasive Emphysema Treatment Matches Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with valve placement gets a boost from CELEB trial Sep 08, 2022
Nalbuphine Shows 'Clear Benefit' for IPF Chronic Cough in Early Trial Proof-of-concept study with opioid agonist/antagonist showed 77% reduction in cough frequency Sep 06, 2022
Pirfenidone Shows Hints of Benefit for RA-Related Lung Disease But early halt to recruitment, forced by pandemic, left trial underpowered Sep 06, 2022
How to Save 5 Minutes in Evaluating Patients Post-COVID Some "simple" tests are simpler than others Sep 06, 2022
Mucus Too Sticky? NAC Injections May Help Trial shows benefit with IV N-acetylcysteine in hospital setting Sep 05, 2022
Radiofrequency Tx Proves on the Nose for Collapsed Nasal Valves Improvements with temperature-controlled radiofrequency therapy maintained through 1 year Sep 01, 2022
After Cardiac Arrest, No 'Best' Blood Pressure, Oxygen Target BOX trial finds targets aiming to boost perfusion held no advantage Aug 27, 2022
Lowering Antenatal Betamethasone Dose Misses in Randomized Trial In BETADOSE study, half-dose regimen fails to meet noninferiority criteria Aug 22, 2022
Brain Structure, Cognitive Performance Linked With Tobacco Use in Kids Impairments seen through 2 years of follow-up Aug 10, 2022
New Data Bolster Atezolizumab as Adjuvant Tx in NSCLC Overall survival benefit now demonstrated Aug 09, 2022
Global COPD Burden; Driving Restrictions After Fainting? Also in TTHealthWatch: best meds for insomnia and the effect of calorie labels in supermarkets Aug 06, 2022 podcast
Pneumococcal Vax Slashed Deadly Sickle-Cell Complication in Kids Cumulative ACS reduction of 41% since implementation of 13-valent vaccine, French study finds Aug 02, 2022
Racial Disparities Seen in Preemie Lung Disease Infants of Black mothers face more challenges with bronchopulmonary dysplasia Aug 01, 2022
Durable Efficacy for Drug Preventing Lung Progression in Systemic Sclerosis One-year results sustained over another 48 weeks Jul 20, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Choke Oxygen Delivery to Minorities in ICU Overestimation of oxygen saturation has real consequences for darker skin patients Jul 11, 2022
Insights on Long COVID Care Fernando Carnavali, MD, discusses helping patients adjust to being chronically ill Jun 27, 2022 video
