Pneumonia News

• Several Influenza Deaths Reported in US as Flu Season Begins Several patients including one child have died from influenza as the first week of the 2018-19 flu season drew to a close, according to news and public health department reports.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Venezuelan Hospital Encourages 'Kangaroo' Baby Care to Spare Incubators Venezuela's largest maternity hospital is asking mothers to care for non-critical premature babies with skin-to-skin contact known as "kangaroo care" rather than in incubators, as wards struggle with a lack of equipment.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Guideline-Recommended Antibiotics Suffice to Treat CAP in Children Under Five Young children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be managed with guideline-recommended antibiotics, without additional diagnostics such as chest X-rays (CXRs) or complete blood counts (CBCs), researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• WCLC 2018Air Pollution Increases Lung Cancer Risk in Nonsmokers Women who have never smoked, especially Asian women, are highly susceptible to develop lung cancer if exposed to high levels of air pollution.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• A Child Dies Every Five Seconds, and Most Are Preventable Deaths - U.N. An estimated 6.3 million children died before their 15th birthdays in 2017, or one every five seconds, mostly due to a lack of water, sanitation, nutrition and basic healthcare, according to report by United Nations agencies on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Disparities in Mortality, Readmissions Across US Hospitals A new study shows racial and socioeconomic disparities in outcome for MI, heart failure, and pneumonia, but findings suggest they stem not from level of care but larger systemic causes.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Fatal Toxicity With Immunotherapy: Rare, but Increasing A large meta-analysis reveals that reports of fatal toxic events with immune checkpoint inhibitors are still rare but are increasing as the use of these drug increases.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Preop Dental Care Slightly Cuts Pneumonia Risk After Cancer Surgery Patients undergoing major cancer surgery might reduce their risk of postoperative pneumonia by seeing a dentist beforehand, a study from Japan suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Consumer Baby Monitors Unreliable, Study Finds One consumer baby monitor inconsistently detected low oxygen levels when they occurred in hospitalized children; the other monitor missed every episode of hypoxemia detected by FDA-approved monitors.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Omadacycline Recommended by FDA Panel for ABSSSI and CABP An FDA panel recommended omadacycline for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Paratek Antibiotic Noninferior to Current Treatments-FDA Staff Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc's new antibiotic for bacterial pneumonia and skin infections is not inferior to current treatments, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• No Hospital Cost Savings From Bundled MI, HF Medicare Payments Hospitals receiving bundled payments for acute and post-acute care for five common conditions failed to show cost savings in an early analysis of the data. The news was met with some disappointment.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Why Taking Care in Discharging a Patient Matters Patients and caregivers often feel abandoned and lose trust in health care professionals when they sense a lack of caring during transitions. With it, they feel better able to handle concerns and act on their doctors’ recommendations.
  Kaiser Health News, July 2018
• Antibiotic Overuse Highest in Urgent Care Clinics Nearly half of urgent care patients diagnosed with conditions that don't require antibiotic treatment receive a prescription for an antibiotic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Rheumatologists Cautioned to Avoid Overtreatment Six common approaches to treating inflammatory rheumatic diseases might lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment, an expert warns. Another expert says overdiagnosis is less common, however.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Southeast Asia Haze Tied to Hospitalization for Breathing Problems People are more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory disorders during the annual haze season in Southeast Asia, when densely polluted air hovers over the region, than at other times of year, a Malaysian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Short-Term Acid-Suppression Advised for Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Typical reflux symptoms in children should be treated with four to eight weeks of acid-suppression therapy, and in infants this should occur only after dietary modifications, according to a new Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Clinical Practice Guideline.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• ECMO in Severe ARDS: Trial Halted for Futility, Lessons Debated No survival benefit came from routine vs rescue extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, but experts disagree on the EOLIA trial's implications for therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• EULAR 2018Vaccine Guidelines in the Works to Bolster Immunity Provisional vaccine guidelines for people with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease are in the final stages of review and will be released later this year.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Tonsillectomy May Worsen Long-term Health Outcomes Removal of tonsils, adenoids before age 9 years may have long-term health consequences, including increased risk for upper respiratory tract diseases and infections, a population-based study showed.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018