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News: Articles from our Partners at Consultant 360 January 2019

New Respiratory Disease Articles from our Partners at Consultant 360

Pediatric Asthma Prediction Is More Accurate With New Tool

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The researchers hope that the new noninvasive risk score will become the most common tool used by medical practitioners to predict asthma in young children.

Smoked vs Vaporized Cannabis: How Does Method Impact Risks?

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With vaporization becoming a more popular method for cannabis administration and cannabis becoming more available across the US, there is a need for controlled examinations of their effects on adults with infrequent cannabis use, according to the study authors.

Ventilation Decontamination Strategies Produce Similar Results to Standard of Care

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Since the effects were unknown, researchers analyzed the impacts of certain decontamination strategies on bloodstream infections with antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in ventilated patients.

In COPD, Having Certain Comorbidities Can Extend Hospital Stay

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While there is a known link between COPD and comorbidities, researchers wanted to determine whether that relationship affects patients’ hospital length of stay.

Biologic Shows Link to Noninfectious Pneumonia

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In a retrospective analysis, researchers evaluated postmarketing case reports to identify cases of noninfectious pneumonia associated with a biologic used for the treatment of various autoimmune diseases.