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...
Early Tamiflu administration reduces risk of Flu associated pneumonia in children Medha Baranwal4 Feb 2020 3:08 PM ISTChina: Early administration of oseltamivir (within the first 48 hours of onset) can reduce the risk of influenza B virus-associated pneumonia in...
Simple test may identify future risk of dialysis or transplant in acute kidney disease Hina Zahid3 Feb 2020 4:31 PM ISTUSA: Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a low-cost test that screens for excess protein in the urine have been shown to accurately...
Fighting Coronovirus: China to build a 1,000 bedded hospital in 10 days Garima27 Jan 2020 3:30 PM ISTBeijing: To treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people in the country, the China government...
Unidentified virus Outbreak in China: 1 dead from pneumonia, 7 critical Medical Dialogues Bureau13 Jan 2020 9:00 AM ISTSHANGHAI: A 61-year-old man has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan after an outbreak of a yet to be identified virus while...
Pneumonia cases rise to 44, China to identify cause of outbreak Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Jan 2020 9:02 AM ISTBeijing: Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, officials said on...
Lack of proper diagnosis,treatment for gastrointestinal ailment: Hospital told to pay 8 lakh Garima9 Dec 2019 6:40 PM ISTHYDERABAD: Holding the treating doctors and city-based hospital guilty of medical negligence and deficient in service; the Hyderabad District forum...
India saw 2nd-highest number of pneumonia deaths of children under age five: UN Garima15 Nov 2019 4:02 PM ISTUnited Nations: India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable...
Pneumonia epidemic is deadliest child killer: aid groups Garima12 Nov 2019 5:25 PM ISTParis: Pneumonia is the world's deadliest child killer, with a "forgotten epidemic" claiming one young life every 39 seconds, international health and...
