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NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today:Now@NEJM Blog: Clinical Pearls: Is the course of viral bronchiolitis or … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Hypertonic Saline for BronchiolitisHypertonic Saline for Bronchiolitis
Recent studies agree that to do less is to do more for the recovery of the child with bronchiolitis. Archives of Disease in Childhood (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - January 7, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
News Quiz: Top Pediatrics Stories From 2015News Quiz: Top Pediatrics Stories From 2015
Allergies, vaccines, strep throat, and bronchiolitis were among the most popular topics in pediatrics news in 2015. How well do you remember the news from stories most read by pediatricians? Find out with the short quiz below. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Collaborative Approach Reduces Unneeded Bronchiolitis Care Collaborative Approach Reduces Unneeded Bronchiolitis Care
A new study expanded quality improvement work from children's hospitals into community hospitals. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - December 10, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Flavouring found in e-cigarettes linked to 'popcorn lung'
ConclusionThis study shows three chemicals reportedly linked to serious lung damage are present in many flavoured e-cigarettes in the US, raising concerns about their safety. Although the study tested US brands, it's likely similar findings would be found here in the UK, where e-cigarettes are similarly unregulated.However, this issue is not black and white. The researchers' concerns have been rightly raised, and their conclusion that urgent research needs to follow this study seems logical given the apparent lack of knowledge in this area. Still, much of the potential health risk and alarm factor of this study hangs on...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Early childhood bronchiolitis increases asthma risk in adulthood
People who have had bronchiolitis in early childhood have an increased risk of asthma at the age of 28-31 and a weaker health-related quality of life than their peers. In lung function tests, they also demonstrate changes indicative of irreversible airway obstruction, according to a new study. Bronchiolitis and pneumonia are common lower respiratory tract infections in early childhood. During their first year, around 30 per cent of children have bronchiolitis, leading to hospitalization in 1 to 3 per cent. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pulse Oximetry in Bronchiolitis: Continuous vs IntermittentPulse Oximetry in Bronchiolitis: Continuous vs Intermittent
A large trial attempts to determine whether intermittent oxygen saturation monitoring can reduce length of stay in young children hospitalized with bronchiolitis. Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - October 15, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Pediatrics Viewpoint Source Type: news
Hypertonic Saline Effective for Infants With BronchiolitisHypertonic Saline Effective for Infants With Bronchiolitis
Nebulized hypertonic saline is a safe and effective treatment for infants with acute bronchiolitis, according to a new study. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Oxygen saturation levels for infants with bronchiolitis assessed
Oxygen, as a treatment for infants with bronchiolitis, does not make any difference to symptoms if stopped at stable 90% oxygen saturation as opposed to the current 94% finds research published in the Lancet. The number of admissions to hospital due to bronchiolitis in infants has increased in the past 25 years. Two recent guidelines... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 15, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Pediatric Bronchiolitis: Intermittent Pulse Oximetry OKPediatric Bronchiolitis: Intermittent Pulse Oximetry OK
Clinicians can routinely consider intermittent pulse oximetry monitoring for children hospitalized with bronchiolitis who are improving clinically. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Symptoms, Transmission & Prevention
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a form of respiratory virus that infects a person's lungs and their breathing passages. Healthy people commonly experience mild, cold-like symptoms and recover within a week or two. Yet RSV may be serious – especially for infants and seniors. In fact, RSV is the most common cause of, 'bronchiolitis,' or inflammation of the small airways in the lung and pneumonia in children who are younger than one year of age in America. RSV is also being recognized more often as a significant cause of respiratory illness in seniors. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - August 18, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Respiratory Disorders Source Type: news
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes for Pediatric Inpatients with Bronchiolitis: Comparison of Urban Versus Rural Hospitals
Compares quality and costs between rural and urban settings for low severity pediatric bronchiolitis admissions. (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - June 26, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
UCLA's first lung transplant patient marks 25th anniversary of landmark surgery
Twenty-five years ago, an Orange County woman received the first lung transplant ever performed at UCLA Medical Center. Today, she is still going strong and dotes on her five grandchildren.
As a result of primary pulmonary hypertension, Julie Hancock, then 26 years old, received a single lung transplant at UCLA on June 12, 1990. Since then, UCLA has performed 887 lung transplants. And UCLA has become one of the largest lung transplant centers in the world with some of the best outcomes.
Courtesy of Julie Hancock
Dan and Julie Hancock
“What I remember was not being afraid at all but having compl...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 23, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Variations in Treating Acute Bronchiolitis in the EDVariations in Treating Acute Bronchiolitis in the ED
How do diagnostic and treatment practices for acute bronchiolitis differ between these key providers? The Journal of Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Contaminant particles increase hospital admissions for children with respiratory illnesses
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Particles of less than 2.5 microns emitted by vehicles have negative repercussions for bronchiolitis, pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis in children. Should their concentrations be reduced to the levels recommended by the WHO, hospital admissions of children with these illnesses would decrease, amounting to a daily saving of 200 euros, according to calculations by researchers from the University of Seville for that city. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
