Edited By: Walter Pacheco Managing Editor Medically Reviewed By: Dr. Jeffrey Velotta Thoracic Surgeon & Contributing Writer
but other medications such as leukotriene inhibitors are also used. The more severe the asthmaticcondition, the more maintenance medications are required, and therapy is "stepped up." These additional medications include long-acting beta-agonists, oral steroids, and in some cases, theophylline...
The overall mortality rates of Aspergillosis are about 17%, based on US national data, but mortality is higher in cases of Aspergillus pneumonia and in immunocompromised patients with IA [33]. Specif- ically, in Aspergillus pneumonia mortality rises to 25%, while in patients with blood and ...
However, there are still negative side-effects of the anifrolumab to overcome. The drug was associated with an increase in upper respiratory tract infections, such as the common cold, and herpes zoster, also known as shingles. One person taking the drug died of pneumonia. ...
Infectious syndromes of particular importance are pneumonia, sinusitis (particularly if there is evidence of bacterial involvement, with fevers and thick, purulent nasal discharge), frequent dental caries, and skin/soft tissue infections. Fungal infections and severe viral infections, both of which are...
Thus, it would be appropriate to use them only for patients with severe disease presentation, for example, severe pneumonia, requiring mechanical ventilation or patients at high risk for influenza associ- ated complications e.g immunocompromised individuals. Alternatively it can be used in all ...
nonresolving pneumoniaStrongyloides stercoralisBackground A 40-year-old female presented to hospital with rapidly progressive renal failure secondary to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody ( ANCA)-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis. She was started on immunosuppressive therapy ( oral steroids and oral ...
Hydroxychloroquine (2) treatment displayed promising results and significantly reduced the patients’ clinical recovery time, and encouraged the resolution of pneumonia (ChiCTR2000029559) [61]. Further, two clinical trials conducted with large-scale COVID-19 patients (368 and 1376) in the USA revealed...
currently used as a treatment for inflammatory conditions. They compared the same patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and CRP levels greater than 40mg/l receiving 'usual care', to 35 patients receiving usual care and a single intravenous dose of 5mg/kg of infliximab. However, the study found infl...
"It's tricky because it mimics other diseases. It's frequently misdiagnosed. Sarcoidosis can look likelung nodules, pneumonia, scar tissue, evenlung cancer. It can involve other vital organs, and it differs from one person to the next," said Dr. Elliott Crouser, a pulmonologist specializing ...