2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 9, 2025
Respiratory Outcomes After Transcatheter vs Surgical Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Preterm Infants 1. Respiratory outcomes for preterm infants with ...
Tag: respirology
Poor baseline lung function associated with increased risk of incident tuberculosis
1. The risk of tuberculosis (TB) was higher in individuals with obstructive or restrictive lung function impairment compared to those ...
Motivational interviewing not effective in reducing rehospitalisation and improving patient activation among patients with respiratory failure
1. Standalone motivational interviewing post-discharge did not reduce rehospitalization in older multimorbid patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Characterization of increased aspiration pneumonia risk in patients with stroke
1. Aspiration pneumonia in post-stroke patients showed significantly increased 90-day mortality, longer hospital stays, and more cardiovascular events at one ...
Merck’s Winrevair: Pulmonary arterial hypertension drug shows success ahead of schedule
Strong positive interim data from an earlier Phase 3 trial has led to early cessation of Merck’s pulmonary arterial hypertension ...
Short sleep duration associated with increased risk of diabetes
1. Short sleep duration (<6 hours per day) and regular or occasional snoring were associated with a higher risk of ...
Verona’s Ohtuvayre shows promise in the treatment and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Ohtuvayre showed significant improvement in lung function by 12 weeks. Follow-up analyses showed that Ohtuvayre had long-term benefits by reducing ...
Different single inhaler triple therapies appear to have similar clinical outcomes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1. In a cohort of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), receiving fluticasone-umeclidinium-vilanterol was not associated with improved clinical ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 23, 2024
GOLD COPD Exacerbation History Categories and Disease Outcomes 1. Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) history categories described by ...
Reduced pneumococcal vaccine schedules non-inferior to WHO recommendations
1. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, it was found that a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule involving a single primary ...