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Air leak in Covid 19: experience from a DGH in the UK
Conclusions: Inpatient incidence of PTX and PM is still approximately 1%. Survival is better as overall Covid19 survival improves(direct mortality from air leak approx. 21 %) with mortality due to other factors rather than the air leak.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 1, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Aujayeb, A. Tags: 02.01 - Acute critical care Source Type: research

Air Pollution Kills Millions Every Year: Action Needed
The World Health Organization calls air pollution the “single biggest environmental threat to human health" and estimates that 99 percent of the world’s population live in locations that are above WHO thresholds designed to protect human health. . Credit: Malav Goswami/IPSBy Felix HorneSep 2 2022 (IPS) Tarik, age 42, lives in a village adjacent to a decades-old coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the day we visited, Bosnian cities were some of the most polluted places on Earth. Describing the devastating health toll the air pollution took each year on the village’s older residents he voiced his fear for hi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Felix Horne Tags: Environment Global Headlines Health Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 5702: Awareness of Tobacco-Related Diseases among Adults in Poland: A 2022 Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey
This study showed an increase in public awareness of smoking-related diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. While awareness of lung cancer and COPD was very high, there are still significant gaps in the awareness of the non-respiratory effects of tobacco use.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - May 7, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jakub Szyma ński Aurelia Ostrowska Jaros ław Pinkas Wojciech Giermaziak Edyta Krzych-Fa łta Mateusz Jankowski Tags: Article Source Type: research

Local incidence and outcomes of patients with pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in COVID-19
Conclusions: Inpatient incidence of PTX and PM is 0.98%. Survival is lower (54.5%) but difficult to compare in the presence of frailty and co-morbidities.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 25, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jackson, K., Aujayeb, A., Aujayeb, A. Tags: Clinical problems Source Type: research

How will AI affect radiologist productivity?
Artificial intelligence (AI) software can offer much value in radiology. Bu...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Radiologists boost AI severity quantification of COVID-19 Report: Reimbursement drives adoption of AI software for stroke Can AI help detect cancer on CT lung cancer screening exams? Can AI help screen for early interstitial lung disease on x-rays? CT radiomics helps predict spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 18, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Through COVID-19 pandemic, CT has shown high diagnostic accuracy
A study that includes a cohort of more than 10,000 patients has found that throughou...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Rural areas lack access to CT lung cancer screening CT shows that acute kidney injury common among COVID-19 patients CTA spots COVID-19 in stroke patients Chest CT clarifies negative COVID-19 lab results Use D-dimer, CTPA to gauge PE risk in COVID-19 patients
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 30, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Stroke ambulances improve patient outcomes
Ambulances fitted to function as mobile stroke units -- with CT, point-of-car...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Canon launches mobile CT to combat COVID-19 Mobile CT improves access to lung cancer screening Stroke care looks skyward with new mobile CT program Mobile CT unit boosts efficiency of stroke triage Ambulance with mobile CT cuts stroke treatment times
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Machine learning boosts chest CT's performance
Machine learning-based CT texture analysis software improves reader accuracy...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: AI can quantify hematoma in hemorrhagic stroke patients Large study confirms value of CT lung cancer screening CT radiation doses for COVID-19 patients vary widely CT lung screening scans also work for bone density CT lung screening program falls short in China
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 18, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

CT radiomics predicts esophageal cancer outcomes
Machine-learning models that assess both peritumoral and intratumoral radiomics...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: PET radiomics tailor head/neck cancer treatment CT radiomics can predict COVID-19 pneumonia outcomes AI, radiomics can predict stroke treatment success Can radiomics improve CT lung cancer screening? AI can predict if COVID-19 patients will need ventilators
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 11, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Can radiomics improve CT lung cancer screening?
Two radiomics features on low-dose CT (LDCT) exams in lung cancer screening...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: AI improves interpretation of CT lung cancer images Muscle metrics on chest CT can predict mortality risk AI can predict if COVID-19 patients will need ventilators CT radiomics unlocks basal ganglia stroke onset time CT radiomics predicts lung cancer immunotherapy response
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 7, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news