Low Sodium Makes Matters Worse in Bronchiolitis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Children admitted to intensive care for bronchiolitis did significantly worse if they also had low sodium levels, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 12, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Timing of Inhaled Adrenaline Matters in Infant BronchiolitisTiming of Inhaled Adrenaline Matters in Infant Bronchiolitis
When it comes to giving inhalation therapy to an infant with acute bronchiolitis, timing may be everything. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - June 14, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Adrenaline No Help for Infant Bronchiolitis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Infants hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis didn't benefit from inhaled racemic adrenaline given on a fixed schedule, when compared with inhaled saline, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - June 12, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Obliterative Bronchiolitis in Workers in a Coffee-Processing Facility — Texas, 2008–2012
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 26, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Butter Flavoring Makers Denied Summary Judgment In Suit Filed By Popcorn Consumer
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Three artificial-flavoring manufacturers accused of exposing a consumer diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans to diacetyl in microwave popcorn were denied summary judgment on March 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa; the trial is scheduled to begin April 1 (Deborah Daughetee, et vir v. Chr. Hansen Inc., et al., No. 09-4100, N.D. Iowa; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31042). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - April 13, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
What Causes Hypercalcemia?
Discussion
Calcium homeostasis is regulated by mechanisms involving the absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, bone deposition and resorption, and renal excretion. To review Vitamin D homeostasis click here.
Serum calcium is found in three forms: free (47%), protein bound (43%) and diffusable calcium complexes (10%). The protein binding proteins are albumin (80%) and globulin (20%). The free calcium is the most important biologically. Acidosis also increases free calcium and alkalosis decreases free calcium.
Problems associated with hypercalcemia include nausea, emesis, abdominal pain, constipation, polyuria, dehydra...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 25, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Heliox for Bronchiolitis Works -- If Given CorrectlyHeliox for Bronchiolitis Works -- If Given Correctly
Heliox therapy (21% oxygen plus 79% helium) is effective for bronchiolitis in infants, but only if administered a certain way, the BREATHE trial showed. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Bronchiolitis Care With Home Oxygen Safe, Cost-EffectiveBronchiolitis Care With Home Oxygen Safe, Cost-Effective
Infants in the emergency department with uncomplicated bronchiolitis can be managed safely in an observation unit with home oxygen therapy. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Clues To Childhood Respiratory Virus Revealed By Study
New Vanderbilt-led research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. Senior author John Williams , M.D., associate professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a well-known expert in MPV research, said it is gratifying to offer a clearer picture of how this virus impacts children. "We found MPV is as important a cause of respiratory illness as influenza, and caused more illness than the three common types of parainfluenza virus combined... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Respiratory / Asthma Source Type: news
Current Therapy for BronchiolitisCurrent Therapy for Bronchiolitis
What is the optimal treatment strategy for bronchiolitis? Archives of Disease in Childhood (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Vanderbilt study reveals clues to childhood respiratory virus
(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Targeting Inflammation in Bronchiolitis With AzithromycinTargeting Inflammation in Bronchiolitis With Azithromycin
The question of whether a macrolide, because of its anti-inflammatory action, could improve outcomes in acute bronchiolitis is explored in this trial. Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Viewpoint Source Type: news
New Way Discovered To Treat Common Life-Threatening Infection In Children
Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered a new way in which a very common childhood disease could be treated. In the first year of life, 65 per cent of babies get infected by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). This causes bronchiolitis, and is thought to kill nearly 200,000 children every year worldwide. In 1966 and 1967, vaccines were tested for RSV. These had disastrous effects on the immune response, leading to a worsening of the disease and, in many cases, death... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Respiratory / Asthma Source Type: news
Researchers pioneer treatment for viral infection common in children
Researchers have discovered a new way in which a very common childhood disease could be treated. In the first year of life, 65 per cent of babies get infected by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). This causes bronchiolitis, and is thought to kill nearly 200,000 children every year worldwide. In 1966 and 1967, vaccines were tested for RSV. These had disastrous effects on the immune response, leading to a worsening of the disease and, in many cases, death. Scientists have so far not been able to fully explain this effect, which continues to hold back vaccine development. Studying this effect in mice, a research team develope...
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 4, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pneumonia Taking Severe Toll On Children In Developing World
Around 12 million children under the age of five are hospitalised with chest infections such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis each year, a global study suggests. Researchers also found that an estimated 265,000 children under five suffering from chest infections die in hospital each year. Almost all of these deaths - 99 per cent - take place in the developing world. About eight out of ten children who die from chest infections do so outside of hospital care... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
