Pulmonary Medicine News

• Radiologists Feeling the Effects of Contrast-Media Shortage The current global shortage of iodinated contrast media is forcing radiologists to make changes in diagnostic imaging to conserve contrast without affecting patient health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Alert RaDonda Vaught Sentenced to Probation for Patient Death The 38-year-old nurse received 3 years of supervised probation and was permanently stripped of her nursing license. She also apologized for the first time to the family of Charlene Murphey.
  News Alerts, May 13, 2022
• BSR 2022 Myositis Guidelines Aim to Standardize Adult and Pediatric Care These are the first guidelines on how to manage adult and pediatric patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Diabetes Doubles Risk of Death From COVID-19; East-West Divide? 'These findings are interesting because they reveal that worse outcomes due to COVID-19 in people with diabetes can be reduced in the right setting,' says an expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• From Delta to Omicron in 20 Days A Spanish healthcare worker who had received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine was infected twice by the virus. She had the shortest known time between SARS-CoV-2 infections to date.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Nearly 234,000 Cancer Cases Predicted in Canada This Year Although overall cancer rates are declining in Canada, the number of cases and deaths continue to climb due to population growth and an aging population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Logging Reduction Helped Tasmania Meet Carbon Milestone By reducing logging, Tasmania has become the first jurisdiction in the world to become carbon negative, according to new research from The Australian National University and Griffith University.
  Quick Take, May 12, 2022
• North Korea Reports First COVID Outbreak If infections spread, an outbreak could cause a crisis in North Korea, which lacks medical supplies and has isolated itself by keeping borders closed and refusing international help with vaccines.
  WebMD Health News, May 12, 2022
• ED Staff Speak Out About Workplace Violence, Ask for Mitigation How much is workplace violence contributing to the great resignation in healthcare and what might be done to make clinicians feel more supported? ED doctors and nurses have some ideas.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Breakthrough COVID Deaths Increasing in US More COVID-19 deaths are occurring among those who are vaccinated against the coronavirus. But public health experts say that should be expected as more Americans reach full vaccination status.
  WebMD Health News, May 11, 2022
• Antibiotic Prescribing Practice Varies Widely in Canada Specific feedback for primary care clinicians could reduce the use of avoidable antibiotics and the potential for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• COPD Screening for Asymptomatic Adults? USPSTF Weighs In, Again “In addition to potential treatment harms, there are opportunity costs to screening.”
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Women With Lung Cancer Live Longer Than Men The survival advantage for women with lung cancer over that of men is largely accounted for by known prognostic factors, Australian researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ATS 2022 ATS 2022: Restoration in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Lessons learned from the pandemic will be a central theme of this year's meeting, held live for the first time since 2019.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Nasal Sprays for COVID Vaccine Being Developed More than a dozen clinical trials with nasal sprays are under way.
  WebMD Health News, May 10, 2022
• Military Deployment Tied to Increased COPD Risk In a study, 44% of deployed veterans were found to have been exposed to inorganic dust.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• COVID-19 Worsens Asthma in Children Asthma in children may worsen after an infection with the coronavirus, doctors warn.
  Reuters Health Information, May 04, 2022
• HBCU Medical Schools to Tackle Organ Transplant Disparities The collaboration follows a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report that found significant disparities in the nation's organ transplant system.
  Associated Press, May 05, 2022
• Advancing Digital Health Past Pandemic-Driven Telemedicine A panel discussion at a recent American Telemedicine Association conference zeroed in on the need to optimize digital health tools to meet consumer needs.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022