CHEST || Pulmonary Medicine

ACIP recommends PCV13 for all adults 65 and up

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 21:52

All adults who are 65 years or older should receive 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) routinely in series with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23), according to a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 16:55

The use of inpatient medical consultations for hospitalized surgical patients was found to vary by hospital, but consultations didn’t appear to have much of an impact on risk-adjusted 30-day...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 16:55

The use of inpatient medical consultations for hospitalized surgical patients was found to vary by hospital, but consultations didn’t appear to have much of an impact on risk-adjusted 30-day...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

No blood clot risk found with HPV vaccination

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 21:00

The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine does not increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, a study showed. Two previous studies finding an association, one based on the Vaccine Adverse...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery sliced asthma inhaler use

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 22:35

MADRID – Morbidly obese asthmatics may require less inhaler therapy after bariatric surgery, a retrospective chart review and longitudinal cohort study suggests. Among patients who used any form of...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology
Type: News Item

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