CT chest findings of COVID-19 versus influenza virus pneumonia Hina Zahid10 July 2020 6:41 PM ISTLeesburg, VA -- An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in CT findings between coronavirus...
Kids frequently receive Opioids and steroids for pneumonia and sinusitis during ED visits Medha Baranwal7 July 2020 6:46 PM ISTUSA: Children receive opioid and steroid prescriptions for pneumonia or sinusitis at a higher frequency in the emergency department (ED) than in the...
Arthritis Drug Tocilizumab may show promise in COVID-19 Pneumonia Hina Zahid1 May 2020 5:45 PM ISTIn an effort to put brakes on ever growing pandemic of Covid 19, researchers are leaving no stone unturned. Next in the list is rheumatoid arthritis...
Obesity linked to substantial risk of severe course of COVID-19 Hina Zahid28 April 2020 10:30 AM ISTResearchers at the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the Boston Children's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have...
Pneumonia in Elderly has higher mortality risk compared to Hip fracture: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 April 2020 7:15 PM ISTResearchers at University of Tours, France have found that elderly patients who are hospitalised with pneumonia are twice as likely to die as those...
NICE releases 4 new rapid COVID-19 guidelines Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 April 2020 5:00 PM ISTNICE has released 4 new rapid medicine search of the specialistguidelines on the active management of patients with suspected and confirmed COVID-19,...
Kerala Doctors begin using HIV combo drugs on Coronavirus patients Hina Zahid20 March 2020 12:23 PM ISTThe team of doctors here is led by the medical college principal Dr Thomas Mathew. Doctors Fathahuddin, Jacob Jacob, Ganesh Mohan and Geetha Nair are...
No benefit of antibiotics in suspected childhood Pneumonia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 March 2020 6:00 PM ISTChildren with suspected community-acquired pneumonia and discharged home from the emergency department (ED) experience the same rate of treatment...
Chinese Researchers Detail CT Findings of 101 COVID-19 Pneumonia patients Hina Zahid4 March 2020 11:15 AM ISTMost patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have ground-glass opacities (GGO) (86.1%) or mixed GGO and consolidation (64.4%) and vascular enlargement in the...
Breakthrough: Chloroquine phosphate shows efficacy in COVID-19 associated pneumonia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 March 2020 4:18 PM ISTAccording to a letter published in BioScience Trends, Chloroquine has shown apparent efficacy in the treatment of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in...
No benefit of broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial pneumonia treatment: JAMA Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Feb 2020 8:00 PM ISTUTAH: Doctors who use drugs that target antibiotic-resistant bacteria as a first-line defence against pneumonia should probably reconsider this...
Mount Sinai Researchers throw light on lung disease patterns in COVID-19 using CT Scans Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Feb 2020 12:54 PM IST"This study equips radiologists with the knowledge to recognize and more confidently suggest if a patient has COVID-19 or pneumonia due to another...
