AI predicts mortality risk in pneumonia patients
A deep-learning AI model based on chest x-rays can predict 30-day mortalit...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Pneumonia patterns on chest x-rays may underlie viral infection (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
What Are Potential Problems of Using Povidone-Iodine?
Discussion
Povidone-iodine (polyvinylpyrrolidone iodine or PVP-I) is one of the most common antiseptics for more than 150 years. It is used for antisepsis mainly topically but also in mucosal cavities (i.e. mouth, nose, throat, vagina, etc.) or surfaces (i.e. umbilical cord). It has been used to treat chronic mucosal infections such as adult chronic rhinosinusitis. It’s irritant properties are used for chemical pleurodesis.
A common trade solution is Betadine® which contains “90% water, 8.5% PVP and 1% available iodine and iodine with a free iodine concentration of 1 parts-per-million.” PVP-I is a brown/...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 19, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
South Africa: Measles and Whooping Cough Outbreaks in South Africa - a Sign of Low Vaccination Coverage, Experts Warn
[The Conversation Africa] The concentrated global effort to use vaccination as a public health intervention began in 1974. Since then, vaccination has changed our lives. Worldwide, in the decades 2000-2020, childhood vaccination led to the reduction of deaths in children under 5 by 50% to 5.4 million deaths per year. Vaccination currently averts more than 5 million deaths each year worldwide. These are deaths that would have been caused by measles, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, diphtheria, pneumonia, rotavirus diarrhoea, and othe (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 15, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Claims That Ventilators Killed Nearly All With Covid-19 Are Unfounded
A widely-shared web site posting twisted the findings of a study that looked at the impact of treating ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) on mortality. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma standard Source Type: news
Episode 3: Vaccines and Pediatric Pneumonia Episode 3: Vaccines and Pediatric Pneumonia
Drs Todd A. Florin and Richard Malley discuss the history, challenges, and future directions of pneumococcal vaccination, including expanding serotype coverage and methods of worldwide distribution.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics InDiscussion Source Type: news
Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death
Fake or substandard antimalarial medicines kill as many as 267,000 sub-Saharan Africans every year. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Jun 2 2023 (IPS) There is a tangled trafficking web that has been woven across the Sahel, which spans almost 6.000 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and is home to more than 300 million people in 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.
This is how several international specialised bodies, mainly the United Nations, depict the aggravated situation in this already highly fragile African re...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Timing of Intubation and ICU Mortality in Covid-19 Patients Timing of Intubation and ICU Mortality in Covid-19 Patients
When is the optimal time to intubate patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
FDA Approves Xacduro for Difficult-to-Treat Bacterial Pneumonia
TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xacduro (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection) as a new treatment for hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 30, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Nigeria: Closing the Gap - Partnering for 'The Big Catch-Up' On Routine Immunisation in Nigeria
[Nigeria Health Watch] Routine immunisation (RI) plays a critical role in reducing morbidity and mortality among children under five, as vaccine-preventable diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, and pneumonia are among the leading causes of mortality of under-five children in developing countries like Nigeria. With pneumonia alone claiming the lives of over 800,000 children annually, ensuring adequate RI coverage becomes critical in preventing these deaths. Therefore, prioritising and sustaining high immunisation coverage leve (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 26, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New Therapy OK'd for Drug-Resistant Pneumonia
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved sulbactam-durlobactam (Xacduro) for healthcare-acquired bacterial pneumonia caused by certain strains of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (A. baumannii), the agency announced late on Tuesday... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 24, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Physical Activity Affects Flu, Pneumonia Mortality
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 -- Aerobic activity, even below the recommended level, is associated with lower influenza and pneumonia mortality, while there is a J-shaped association for muscle-strengthening activity, according to a study published online... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Chest CT Typical of COVID-19 Pneumonia in Germany on 12/30/19 Chest CT Typical of COVID-19 Pneumonia in Germany on 12/30/19
While the first cases of COVID-19 were officially confirmed in Germany and Europe in late January 2020, this case suggests that it was already spreading in Germany as early as December 2019.Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
World record achieved for x-ray at highest altitude
Mike Cairnie of portable x-ray developer MinXray has earned a world record fo...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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AI could help diagnose TB in developing countries (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 19, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Janssen to Highlight Scientific Advances and Commitment to Transform Cancer Care at ASCO and EHA with More than 90 Presentations Showcasing Robust, Differentiated Portfolio and Pipeline in Hematologic Malignancies and Solid Tumors
This study evaluates an investigational combination regimen of IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) plus venetoclax (I+V) for newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), (Abstracts #7535 and #P617, respectively).Advancing the Science of Solid Tumors Through Precision MedicineJanssen’s continued innovation in solid tumors focuses on advancing precision medicine options for patients with biomarker-driven disease who have limited targeted treatment options and moving patients into earlier lines of therapy when treatments may be more effective. Lung CancerAn oral presentation will report ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - May 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Weekly Exercise May Help Reduce Flu, Pneumonia Deaths
(MedPage Today) -- Meeting weekly exercise guidelines was associated with lower pneumonia and influenza mortality, a longitudinal study of U.S. adults showed.
People who met both aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening activity guidelines... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
