Adjunctive Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
For community acquired pneumonia, what drugs improve the odds of successful treatment, besides antibiotics?
Category : Respiratory Diseases : Health & Medical
Cardiac Safety of Tiotropium in Patients With Cardiac Events
How safe is the HandiHaler in COPD patients who've had a recent cardiac event?
Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
Find out more about previous, current, and emerging pharmacological therapies for acute lung injury.
Hospitalization Burden Associated With Influenza and RSV
This study provides a more accurate view of the hospitalization burden of influenza and RSV.
Clinical Prognostic Score for Acute COPD Exacerbations
Learn why it pays to keep score, with hospitalized patients who present with acute COPD exacerbations.
Health Status in COPD Cannot Be Measured by Questionnaire Alone
Improving patients' health status is one of the major goals in COPD treatment. Questionnaires could facilitate the guidance of patient-tailored disease management.
Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Is there a drug that's superior to vancomycin in the treatment of MRSA infections?
Anti-inflammatory Effects of Curcumin in Acute Lung Injury
Curcumin, extracted from turmeric, exhibits broad anti-inflammatory properties through down-regulating inflammatory cytokines. Is it effective for ALI?
Global Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance continues to evolve and presents serious challenges in the therapy of both nosocomial and community-acquired infections.
Acute Exacerbations in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, fibrosing interstitial lung disease that primarily affects older adults. Find out how to handle the heat of exacerbation.
Inhaled Treprostinil for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
For pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment, learn more about the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, clinical efficacy and safety of inhaled treprostinil.
Low Dose Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Asthma
While most of the clinical benefits of inhaled corticosteroid therapy may occur at low doses, results of dose-ranging studies are inconsistent.
Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
Find out more about previous, current, and emerging pharmacological therapies for acute lung injury.
Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Sepsis and Septic Shock
Explore the pathophysiology of sepsis in an attempt to produce a better understanding of antimicrobial therapy response in septic shock.
Airway-Centered Interstitial Fibrosis
Find out how and why prognosis differs between airway-centered interstitial fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Hypo- and Hypercapnia and Mortality in Oxygen-Dependent COPD
What's the prognostic role of the arterial blood gas tension of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) in severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
Aclidinium Bromide and Formoterol Fumarate Combination in COPD
Will COPD exacerbations may be a thing of the past with this combination inhaler therapy?
Interleukin 6 and C-Reactive Protein in COPD
Are interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein clinically useful biomarkers for worse physical performance in COPD patients?
Atopy Is a Risk Factor for Respiratory Symptoms in COPD
Find out why a workup for atopy can help some COPD patients breathe easier.
Imaging Tests in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
What do you really know about the diagnostic process with clinically suspected recurrent PE -- in different patient populations?