Excessive alcohol consumption can also worsen asthma and increase the risk of choking and aspiration pneumonia. Those who have concerns about their lung health or alcohol consumption can consult ...

Clinically, the features of acute bacterial pneumonia present no differently among gravid and nonpregnant patients. Hopwood [8] reported that among 23 pregnant patients who developed pneumonia ...

The study objective was to evaluate the association of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The design was a meta-analysis of nine case–controlled and cohort ...

Each year, about 900,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with pneumonia. Around 150,000 of those people are admitted to the hospital, and another 41,000 die from pneumonia or its ...

Correspondence to Dr Ian M Balfour-Lynn, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; i.balfourlynn{at}ic.ac.uk ...