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Pneumonia Patients at Risk for in-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
May 15, 2011 — Hospital patients with pneumonia may be at risk of experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, often with few or no warning signs, according to new ... > full story -
Study Challenges Concerns on Effectiveness of Administering Pneumococcal, Shingles Vaccines Together
May 11, 2011 — Administering both the pneumococcal and the herpes zoster vaccines to patients during the same visit is beneficial and does not appear to compromise the protective effect of the zoster vaccine, ... > full story -
Vitamin D Deficiency in Pneumonia Patients Associated With Increased Mortality
May 10, 2011 — A new study reveals that adult patients admitted to the hospital with pneumonia are more likely to die if they have vitamin D ... > full story -
Short Antibiotic Courses Safer for Breathing-Tube Infections in Children
May 5, 2011 — Short courses of antibiotics appear just as effective as longer ones -- and a great deal safer -- in treating respiratory infections that might cause pneumonia in children on temporary breathing ... > full story -
Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy Reduces Pneumonia Mortality, Large Study Finds
April 15, 2011 — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are hospitalized for pneumonia and treated with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have decreased mortality when compared to those who are ... > full story -
Flu Helps Spread Pneumonia
April 10, 2011 — Bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis are only able to spread when individuals are infected with flu, according to an expert. The work could have implications for the management of influenza ... > full story -
Effects of Pneumococcal Vaccination Program on Pneumococcal Carriage and Invasive Disease
April 5, 2011 — Using a cross-sectional study, researchers investigated the effects of the UK pneumococcal vaccination program on serotype-specific carriage and invasive pneumococcal ... > full story -
Pneumonia Death Rate Lower Among People Who Take Statins, Study Suggests
April 4, 2011 — Taking statins could help prevent people dying from pneumonia, according to a new ... > full story -
The Killer Within: A Novel Bacterial Suicide Mechanism
March 22, 2011 — The zeta toxins are a family of proteins that are normally present within various pathogenic bacteria and can mysteriously trigger suicide when the cells undergo stress. Researchers in Germany have ... > full story -
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Hydrocortisone Therapy for Trauma Patients Associated With Reduced Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Risk
March 22, 2011 — Patients admitted to a hospital with major trauma and treated with the steroid hydrocortisone were less likely to be diagnosed with hospital-acquired pneumonia than patients who received placebo, ... > full story
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