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Children whose parents take more than a year to get pregnant and who use fertility treatment may be at heightened risk of developing asthma, suggests a large population-based study, published online in the journal Thorax.
And this risk seems to rise in tandem with the number of previous miscarriages early in the mum's pregnancy, suggesting that common factors underlying poorer (sub) fertility and recurrent miscarriages might be influential, say the study authors.
In the hands of experts, there was no difference in rates of major adverse cardiac events with endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting nearly 3 years after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in the Randomized Endo-Vein Graft Prospective ( REGROUP) trial. The study was published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains high. These patients require mechanical ventilation strategies that include high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). It remains controversial if high PEEP can improve outcomes for ARDS patients, wholesome improvement in oxygenation in response to PEEP. In this meta-analysis, we aimed at the effects of high PEEP on ARDS patients.
Breathlessness is a common symptom in advanced disease and can lead to panic and anxiety for patients and their family. It can trouble people even when resting or performing light activities around the home. With our aging population and increasing multi-morbidity, the number of people affected by breathlessness worldwide is set to rise.
Death rates from respiratory illnesses are higher in the UK than similar countries in Europe, North America and Australia, shows a study published in The BMJ. Respiratory illnesses such as obstructive lung conditions like COPD and infections like pneumonia are common causes of death, but death rates can be reduced through effective healthcare interventions.
A new approach to diagnosing a respiratory condition that can affect children's voices is being researched at the University of Strathclyde. The study is using analysis of voice recordings to help identify children with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a rare condition in which wart-like growths occur in the airway.
In the hands of experts, there was no difference in rates of major adverse cardiac events with endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting nearly 3 years after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in the Randomized Endo-Vein Graft Prospective ( REGROUP) trial.
Two new, national guides that aim to drive better outcomes and care for all people affected by lung cancer were released by Cancer Australia. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in Australia with an estimated 25 people dying every day from the disease in 2018.
"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is much more common among never-smoking older women who are morbidly obese (having a body mass index of 40 or higher) than among their female peers in the normal weight range (13.4% vs 3.5%, respectively). Morbidly obese older men who have never smoked also had a much higher prevalence of COPD than never-smoking men who were normal weight (7.6% vs 2.5%)" reported lead author Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson.
Exposure to wood smoke can have different effects on the respiratory immune systems of men and women-effects that may be obscured when data from men and women are lumped together, according to a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
