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Inhaled corticosteroids may prevent lung cancer in asthma patients
CONCLUSIONS: For patients with asthma, regular ICS use might have a protective effect against LC. Further studies are required to assess this potential association from both immunohistopathological and clinical aspects.
Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - July 18, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: I-Jen Wang Wen-Miin Liang Trong-Neng Wu Wilfried J.J. Karmaus Jiin-Chyr Hsu Source Type: research

Assessment and comparison of CHADS2, CHA2DS2-VASc, and HAS-BLED scores in patients with atrial fibrillation in Saudi Arabia
Conclusions: The results of this study show that the percentage of patients at high risk for stroke and bleeding is very high. The study revealed that this could be attributed to the high prevalence of modifiable risk factors for stroke and for bleeding in Saudi patients with AF.
Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - April 10, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Abdulrahman M Al-TuraikiMaha A Al-AmmariShmeylan A Al-HarbiNabil S KhalidiAbdulmalik M AlkatheriTariq M AldebasiSalah M AbuRuzAbdulkareem M Albekairy Source Type: research

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with higher healthcare utilization in elderly patients
Conclusion: Patients with OSA had a higher incidence of healthcare utilization compared to patients without OSA. New OSA patients had a higher rate of healthcare utilization in the year of diagnosis compared to chronic patients and patients without OSA. Early OSA recognition may reduce healthcare utilization in these patients.
Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - March 14, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Karla DiazPaola FaverioAngela HospenthalMarcos I RestrepoMegan E AmuanMary Jo V Pugh Source Type: research