Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism: Lung Ultrasound outperforms Wells score supriya kashyap kashyap26 March 2017 12:37 PM ISTA pretest risk stratification enhanced by ultrasound of lung and venous performs better than Wells score in the early diagnostic process of pulmonary...
Benzodiazepines linked to increased risk of pneumonia in Alzheimer's patients supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2017 12:37 PM ISTCommonly used sedatives called benzodiazepines are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia when used in people with Alzheimer disease,...
New Antibiotic, Murepavadin shows positive results against antibiotic-resistant Pneumonia supriya kashyap kashyap2 May 2017 11:36 AM ISTPolyphor a Swiss company recently presented promising data on Murepavadi belonging to novel class of antibiotics, the Outer Membrane Protein...
Heart attack risk increases 17-fold following respiratory infections supriya kashyap kashyap17 May 2017 2:03 PM ISTThe risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection, University of Sydney research has...
Largest John Hopkins Study shows ventilator-associated pneumonia is preventable Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 May 2017 10:31 AM ISTFor some hospital patients, going on a ventilator is often the difference between life and death. About 800,000 hospital patients undergo mechanical...
Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 May 2017 10:50 AM ISTU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Brain Trauma Foundation has issued the Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury,...
New techniques successful in surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection: Annals of Thoracic Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jun 2017 10:36 AM ISTCardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection -- one of the highest risk operations in...
First : Australian researchers develop world first test for high-risk influenza Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Jun 2017 12:53 PM ISTAustralian researchers have developed a world first test to identify which influenza patients will need urgent, life-saving, medical treatment.The...
Patient position has no impact on disability outcomes in acute stroke: NEJM Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 July 2017 1:57 PM ISTA trial involving more than 11,000 patients has revealed sitting up or lying flat after a stroke makes no difference to their recovery.The research...
India major contributor to fatal lung infections: Lancet Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 July 2017 12:09 PM ISTLONDON: India, China, Nigeria, Pakistan and Indonesia account for over 16 million or half of the global cases of a deadly lung infection in children...
Dividing lung cells a risk factor for viral pneumonia Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 July 2017 9:35 AM ISTCINCINNATI--Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World Health Organization, is responsible for as many as 500,000...
Pneumonia, sepsis associated with 6 times more risk of cardiovascular disease: European Journal Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTPneumonia or sepsis in adults that results in hospital admission is associated with a six-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease in the first...
