Quintupling the ICS dose in children age 5 to 11 who lose asthma control may worsen outcomes in those with a higher socio-economic status.

Prophylactic antibiotics may not reduce mortality in adults with acute severe brain injury receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in the ICU.

Endothelial inflammation, as measured by E-selectin, was significantly associated with hypoxemia measures, even after adjusting for BMI.

HealthDay News — Almost half of young adults who vape are able to stop with quitline help, according to a study published online Dec. 11 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Sepsis care guided by measurement of procalcitonin reduces antibiotic duration safely compared with standard care.

Higher ambient levels of air pollutants are associated with increased risk for venous thromboembolism, according to study findings.

The primary outcome of endotracheal intubation or death within 7 days occurred in 39% in the high-flow nasal oxygen group vs 38% in the noninvasive ventilation group overall. Israel S. Maia, M.D., ...

Patients who received the original 2-dose monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine series were less likely than unvaccinated individuals to be hospitalized for COVID-19-associated venous thromboembolism.

Caution is urged with early albumin use in septic shock and kidney impairment, especially with hyperoncotic vs isooncotic albumin.

The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to 2 investigational combination vaccines to prevent influenza and COVID-19 infections in adults 50 years and older.

In what appears to be a last-ditch effort to limit the harms of smoking before its term ends, the Biden administration has proposed a rule that would significantly lower the amount of nicotine in ...

Among patients studied with probable chronic lung allograft dysfunction, 80.1% went on to develop definite CLAD. The same criteria used to identify probable chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) ...