Corticosteroids may cut short-term mortality in patients with severe pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), ...

Patients using GLP-1 drugs had no difference in the odds of postoperative aspiration pneumonia versus non-users. There was also no significant difference in the odds of acute respiratory failure.

"This finding suggests that it may be beneficial to reassess the preoperative withholding guidelines for GLP-1 RAs." HealthDay News — Preoperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) ...

About The Study: This cohort study found no significant association between the preoperative use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and short-term postoperative aspiration ...

Pneumonia is a common postoperative complication, with a mortality of up to 40%. The Post-operative Pneumonia Risk Index (PPRI) was derived from a large cohort of general surgical patients but has not ...

Camber Pharmaceuticals recalled one lot of a drug for pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia because of the contamination risk of Bacillus cereus. The microbial contaminant risk in Camber’s atovaquone oral ...

Read full article: Large JSO presence at 21st Street West and Moncrief Road after ‘officer-involved incident’ Sunday's forecast. ROME – Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it hard to speak publicly. His condition soon developed into double ...