Pulmonology
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Low-Risk Kids With Asthma Don't Need Daily ICS
Major Finding: Over 44 weeks, almost 30% of boys but only 15% of girls with mild, persistent asthma had more than two exacerbations requiring oral...
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Treating Kids' Sleep Apnea Can Improve Brain Function
Major Finding: Ratios of N-acetyl aspartate to choline in the frontal cortex of children with obstructive sleep apnea normalized after treatment,...
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Think Fungi in Cases of Poorly Controlled Asthma
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Vitamin C Improved Lung Function in Babies of Smokers
Major Finding: The ratio of time to peak tidal expiratory flow to expiratory time on infant pulmonary function tests was significantly lower in...
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Hodgkin's Survivors Face High Breast Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Nearly a third (30%) of females treated with chest radiation for Hodgkin’s lymphoma was diagnosed with breast cancer by age 50.Data...
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Hypertonic Not Better Than Isotonic Saline in Young Cystic Fibrosis Patients
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Stale Secondhand Smoke Impairs Endothelial Function
Major Finding: Endothelial function was impaired in a dose-dependent fashion after brief exposure to aged secondhand smoke, so that for every 100...
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Hardball, Softball Strategies Manage Night Wakings
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For Infants With Bronchiolitis, Nasogastric Feeds Have Advantages
Major Finding: Infants with moderate bronchiolitis who received nasogastric feeding recovered as well as did those with intravenous fluids.Data...
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Airborne Pollens and Asthma-Related ED Visits Coincide
Major Finding: A regression analysis of excess vs. average daily asthma ED visits to two hospitals revealed that the largest excess number of...
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Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
Major Finding: In one Ohio county, asthma admission rates by neighborhood ranged from 2.6 per 1,000 to 17 per 1,000 children over 1 year. The U.S...