Pulmonology/Critical Care

CRP-Guided Testing Cuts Antibiotic Use in COPD Exacerbations

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Jul 12, 2019 | HealthDay |

Lower percentage of patients reported antibiotic use, received antibiotic prescriptions

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Jul 12, 2019 | HealthDay |

U.S. teens, adults expected to lose about 15.46 million QALYs over 20 years due to uncontrolled asthma

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Jul 11, 2019 | HealthDay |

Findings seen in severely injured patients with a contraindication to prophylactic anticoagulation

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Jul 10, 2019 | HealthDay |

In large trial and literature review, benefit seen for depression but not anxiety symptoms

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Jul 9, 2019 | HealthDay |

FEV₁:FVC of 0.70 not significantly different from optimal threshold, better than LLN threshold