High-dose influenza vaccine is associated with a more robust humoral response in patients with heart failure and history of myocardial infarction. Among patients with heart failure (HF) or previous ...

Among patients with systemic sclerosis, a significant proportion experience severe symptoms that qualify them for specialist palliative care, emphasizing the substantial impact of this disease on ...

Credit: Getty Images A pulmonologist is shocked to find a patient’s family is suing him for not providing the patient with a thoracentesis that the patient had refused. In 2023, a new analysis of ...

At 6 months after endobronchial valve treatment, patients with emphysema with bronchoscopic lung volume reduction had a 20% improvement in FEV1. Endobronchial valve (EBV) treatment is beneficial in ...

Lung transplant recipients with overweight/obesity were significantly more likely to need ECMO and to have primary graft dysfunction and KDIGO acute kidney injury. Overweight and obesity in those ...

Findings suggest the need to reconsider American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 guidelines recommending that GLP-1 RA be withheld from patients preoperatively. Preoperative use of glucagon-like ...

Credit: Getty Images An AAO-HNS practice guideline identifies areas of quality improvement for clinicians administering immunotherapy for inhalant allergies. A clinical practice guideline on ...

Teva is discontinuing its Digihaler ® products, ProAir ® Digihaler ® (albuterol sulfate), AirDuo ® Digihaler ® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder) and ArmonAir ® Digihaler ® ...

In patients with COVID-19 with acute respiratory failure, probability of 1-year survival was 84.42% in those who used antifibrotics vs 69.87% in those who did not. The use of antifibrotic agents ...

Researchers found evidence to suggest that the cardiotoxic effects of anthracyclines are compounded by prediabetes and diabetes. Cancer patients with prediabetes or diabetes have an increased risk of ...

In women with probable prenatal depression, an increased risk for gestational hypertension was associated with exposures to all pollutants studied. Air pollution exposure within 2 months of conception ...

Iron deficiency is associated with increased risk for death among patients initiating peritoneal dialysis, even if they have not been diagnosed with anemia. The death risk associated with iron ...