Dyspnea

The prevalence of undiagnosed COPD was high among a cohort of individuals participating in low-dose CT lung cancer screening, suggesting that the addition of spirometry to radiological findings would likely improve identification of those with COPD, new data in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society suggest.

In a cohort of firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center within 2 weeks of 9/11, worsening dyspnea was common after treatment with inhaled corticosteroids combined with long-acting beta agonists, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

When compared with placebo or no intervention, antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids were associated with less treatment failure in adults with COPD exacerbations, according to a meta-analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Among patients with ACS who underwent PCI and received an outpatient prescription for ticagrelor or clopidogrel, ticagrelor was not associated with a significant reduction in risk for MACE, and those who received ticagrelor had more major bleeding and dyspnea, according to data from a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Using the National Early Warning Score 2 with an adjusted target saturation among patients admitted to the hospital for COPD exacerbations reduces alert frequency without a notable difference in mortality when compared with unadjusted National Early Warning Score 2, a recent study suggests.

PARIS — Early intensive and sustained vasodilation was well tolerated among patients with acute HF, but it did not improve all-cause mortality and acute HF rehospitalizations at 180 days, according to data from the GALACTIC trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Although the prevalence of dyspnea was at least as high as that of pain, the detection and treatment of moderate to severe dyspnea were more inconsistent than for pain among critically ill patients in the ICU, according to data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.