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Two surveys of nearly 35,000 European adults with asthma show that 94% of patients are awakened at least once a month by asthma symptoms, and three quarters are awakened at least once a week.
Medscape (Pneumology) - Wed, 8 October 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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In a meta-analysis in 2006, it was seen that the use of drugs belonging to long-action beta-agonists was associated with an increase in asthma-related specific mortality.
MedNews (Pneumology) - Thu, 2 October 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Contrary to what some marketers of the electronic cigarette imply in their advertisements, the World Health Organization (WHO) does not consider it to be a legitimate therapy for smokers trying to quit.
World Health Organization (Pneumology) - Wed, 24 September 2008
http://www.who.int
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in collaboration with the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has issued guidance to improve the safety of patients in the NHS in England and Wales by reducing the risk of pneumonia in patients aged 16 years and older who are on a ventilator.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Pneumology) - Thu, 4 September 2008
http://www.nice.org.uk
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Hypertonic saline (HTS) reduces the severity of lung injury in ischemia-reperfusion, endotoxin-induced and ventilation-induced lung injury. However, the potential for HTS to modulate the resolution of lung injury is not known.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine (Pneumology) - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://www.biomedcentral.com/
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Noninvasive ventilation (either continuous positive airway pressure or noninvasive intermittent positive-pressure ventilation) had no effect on 7-day or 30-day mortality in patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema, as compared with standard oxygen therapy.
New England Journal of Medicine (Pneumology) - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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In the TORCH trial, recently finished, COPD therapy was examined, but the trial has a fault: tiotropium was not taken into consideration among the various inhaled therapies suggested in patients affected by COPD.
MedNews (Pneumology) - Mon, 7 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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A package of information, surveillance tools and guidelines, to be offered as a service to countries.
Health-EU (Pneumology) - Fri, 20 June 2008
http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm
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Use of antibiotics during the first year of life increases the risk for asthma by the age of 7 years, according to the results of a large longitudinal cohort study published in the June issue of Chest.
Medscape (Pneumology) - Wed, 18 June 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Contrary to reports from earlier studies, use of antidepressants in elderly patients does not increase the risk for pneumonia.
Medscape (Pneumology) - Fri, 13 June 2008
http://www.medscape.com