ICU-acquired pneumonia: why detecting a pathogen is not the same as diagnosing disease
A new Perspective argues that ICU-acquired pneumonia should be managed as an explicit attribution problem, grading how plausibly a detected ...
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Fusing Lung and Mediastinum Clues Helps AI Tell Bacterial From Viral Pneumonia in Children
A new machine learning study shows that fusing shape biomarkers from the lungs and mediastinum on pediatric chest X-rays can ...
Ragweed Pollen Can Trigger Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Pneumonia, Mouse Study Shows
A new mouse study suggests ragweed pollen can carry antibiotic-resistant MRSA deep into the lungs, worsening pneumonia and weakening the ...
Malnutrition and Infection Drive Early Deaths in Ugandan Children with Leukaemia
A retrospective study of 159 Ugandan children with acute myeloid leukaemia found high rates of induction failure and early death, ...
Targeted Sequencing Outperforms Smears in Spotting Hidden Lung Infection Pathogens
A large Chinese cohort study found that both metagenomic and targeted next-generation sequencing of lung fluid outperformed conventional tests for ...
Why Medically Complex Children Keep Flooding Emergency Rooms: New Study Reveals Surprising Pattern
A retrospective cohort study of 367 emergency department visits by 53 technology-dependent children found that over a third of visits ...
No Single Test Can Reliably Diagnose Respiratory Sarcopenia, Landmark Review Finds
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of seven studies finds that commonly used breathing tests show variable and imperfect accuracy ...
Aggressive Antibiotics in Palliative Care: Pneumonia Outcomes Defy Expectations in Acute Units
A retrospective Italian study finds that intensive antibiotic treatment of pneumonia in a frail advanced-cancer population led to clinical resolution ...
After Sepsis, Macrophages Fall Silent: Mouse Study Maps the Immune Collapse Behind Deadly Secondary Pneumonia
A two-hit mouse model reveals that sepsis leaves macrophages functionally silenced, blunting lung cytokine and chemokine responses to secondary Pseudomonas ...
Putting Patients into a Coma to Stop Silent Seizures May Do More Harm Than Good
A large retrospective cohort study finds that inducing therapeutic coma in patients with non-convulsive status epilepticus is linked to sharply ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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