“Pneumonitis” denotes inflammation of pulmonary parenchymal tissue, either alveolar or interstitial, resulting from any one of several known pathophysiologic mechanisms. However, in more generic terms ...

The researchers found that the total treatment failure rate was 22.1%, defined as either the need to refill antibiotic prescriptions, antibiotic switch, ER visit or hospitalization within 30 days of ...

Using laboratory and administrative data, large managed care organizations can assign severity of illness scores to patients with pneumonia for risk adjustment and reporting. Objective: To describe ...

The treatment of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia has traditionally been with intravenous antibiotics. The administration of intravenous antibiotics for community-acquired ...

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. The objective of this study was to systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of the complementary use of corticosteroids in the ...

The Comarca Interior region, situated in the Basque Country (northern Spain), has a mixed urban, suburban, and rural population of 300,299 (254,523 aged ≥18). The age distribution, educational level, ...

In a new study, most patients with community-acquired pneumonia did not receive testing for influenza, even during influenza season, researchers reported in Chest. “Other than CDC surveillance data, ...

Clinical guidelines focused on the diagnosis and treatment of adults with pneumonia that they acquired outside the hospital setting have been updated. The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious ...

2020 DEC 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Investigators publish new report on Lung Diseases and Conditions - Pneumonia. According to news originating from ...

The FDA has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Baxdela (delafloxacin; Melinta Therapeutics) for the treatment of community acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) in adult patients.