Practice Management News

When clinicians used video vs. direct laryngoscopes for emergency tracheal intubation, they had higher rates of successful first attempts, according to study results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Healio spoke with Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, about a symposium presentation on asthma relievers from the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Healio spoke with Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, about a presentation from this year’s American Thoracic Society International Conference on global issues in asthma care.

Compared with white veterans, Black veterans had a reduced likelihood of carrying out a lung cancer screening referral, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

E-cigarette sales in the United States surged by nearly 47% from 2020 to 2022 to more than 22 million units per month, according to study findings published Thursday in MMWR.

WASHINGTON — An app allowing family members of ICU patients to virtually report care needs to ICU clinicians lowered the number of unmet needs, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Hospitalizations that involved fungal infections increased by more than 8% in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years, researchers found.

For patients with COPD hospitalized with acute exacerbations, pulmonary rehabilitation yielded better exercise capacity and quality of life vs. usual care, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

WASHINGTON — Positive airway pressure device compliance went down 90 days after a clinic visit among patients with Down syndrome, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Compared with mechanical ventilation parameters of nonpregnant patients with critical COVID-19, no difference was found in pregnant women with COVID-19 in the ICU, according to study results published in CHEST.