Vanderbilt University

HONOLULU — The implementation of a post-acute exacerbation COPD clinic reduced hospital readmissions, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Patients with HF who viewed their daily pulmonary artery pressure made informed lifestyle choices, decreased weight and improved their pressure, especially those above target range, a speaker reported.

Higher initial glucose levels and increasing BMI over time could serve as predictors of progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes for children and adolescents, according to findings published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Assessment of body composition measurements on lung screening low-dose CT scans revealed patients at high risk for mortality due to lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and all causes, according to results published in Radiology.

Chronic immune-associated adverse events appeared common after treatment with adjuvant anti-PD-1 therapy among patients with melanoma, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Healthy infants born at term characterized the population admitted to the ICU for respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections last year, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

There is a lack of evidence on how sedatives used during tracheal intubation impact patient survival and likelihood for PTSD symptoms, and researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center plan to find the answer.

Successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement was high in patients presenting with cardiogenic shock, and those who survived 30 days demonstrated significant functional improvement and quality of life at 1 year, researchers reported.

Sickle cell disease is known to be associated with severe pain, but the current care model primarily focuses on acute vaso-occlusive pain.

Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, is professor emeritus of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.