Nearly a quarter of patients with RSV experience an acute cardiac event, including life-threatening conditions such as cardiogenic shock and acute myocarditis. “Respiratory viral diseases, including influenza and COVID-19, have been associated with...
Fiona P. Havers, MD, MHS, spoke with Physician’s Weekly about managing RSV as a newly vaccine-preventable disease now that multiple vaccines have been approved.
Right atrial volume index and contour changes on imaging predicted adverse outcomes in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension had higher rates of metabolic disorders, hypothyroidism, and low bone density than healthy controls.
The following is a summary of “Betamethasone Exposure and Neonatal Respiratory Morbidity Among Late Preterm Births by Planned Mode of Delivery and Gestational Age,” published in the December 2024 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology by Clapp et al. Late preterm...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) even when chest radiograph (CR) results are negative, according to a study published in the November/December issue of...
Fiona P. Havers, MD, MHS, spoke with Physician’s Weekly about managing RSV as a newly vaccine-preventable disease now that multiple vaccines have been approved.
Right atrial volume index and contour changes on imaging predicted adverse outcomes in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension had higher rates of metabolic disorders, hypothyroidism, and low bone density than healthy controls.
The following is a summary of “Betamethasone Exposure and Neonatal Respiratory Morbidity Among Late Preterm Births by Planned Mode of Delivery and Gestational Age,” published in the December 2024 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology by Clapp et al. Late preterm...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) even when chest radiograph (CR) results are negative, according to a study published in the November/December issue of...
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