Increase in Lipoprotein (a) levels during COVID-19 hospitalization tied to VTE risk: Study Medha Baranwal29 Jan 2022 9:15 AM ISTNetherlands: Results from a pilot study published in the journal Atherosclerosis showed that in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the levels...
Endoscopic sinus surgery, aspirin therapy effective for AERD management Medha Baranwal29 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTUSA: Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) coupled with aspirin therapy may help in long-term management of AERD in majority of patients, which rarely...
Children with CMV infection by age 1 more likely to develop tuberculosis in childhood Hina Zahid28 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTTuberculosis (TB) is among the top 10 causes of global child mortality, and children are at highest risk of developing the disease within the first...
CPAP significantly reduces tracheal intubation risk in COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure: NEJM Medical Dialogues Editorial Team27 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTIn a new study it was found that an initial strategy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) significantly reduced the risk of tracheal...
Correcting Septal Deviation Might Reduce Incidence of Asthma, finds study MD Bureau27 Jan 2022 8:30 AM ISTAsthma is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases of the lower respiratory tract that affects 300 million worldwide. In a recent study,...
Reducing air pollution could lower dementia risk Hina Zahid25 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTImproving air quality appears to slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of developing dementia in older women living in the U.S., according to a...
Adults with recent asthma on corticosteroids at increased risk of serious COVID-19 infection: Lancet Medha Baranwal22 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTUK: Findings from a recent study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggest that patients with recent asthma attacks should be given a priority for...
Artificial intelligence helpful in stratifying COVID-19 risk based on chest x-rays: Study Medha Baranwal22 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTUSA: A modified commercially available deep learning algorithm (M-qXR) could be utilized in low-resource settings to risk-stratify patients with...
Bacterial Infection Less Prevalent in COVID 19 Pneumonia than Non-COVID 19 Pneumonia MD Bureau21 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTMany patients with Coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) present radiological evidence of pneumonia. Historically, patients hospitalized for influenza...
Study Finds Link Between Sleep Disordered Breathing and Gestational Diabetes MD Bureau20 Jan 2022 9:45 AM ISTSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is common in pregnancy. Studies have described the relationship between SDB and abnormal glucose metabolism and...
Lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio may predict worsening in lower RTI: Study Medical Dialogues Editorial Team20 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTSouth Korea: The lactic dehydrogenase to albumin (LDH/ALB) ratio was discovered to be an independent predictive factor for in-hospital mortality in...
Shorter treatment better for young children with outpatient pneumonia: JAMA Hina Zahid19 Jan 2022 9:15 AM ISTFive days of antibiotics is superior to 10 days for children with community-acquired pneumonia who are not hospitalized, according to a study...
