March 6th 2025
The FDA set the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date for December 16, 2025.
Reasons Sought for Racial Disparities in Diabetes and Asthma Outcomes
September 24th 2007ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Differences in self-management and socioeconomic factors account only in part for the disparities in glycemic control and asthma outcomes between minority and white patients with diabetes and asthma, investigators in two studies found.
With Hospitalists in Charge Patients Get Faster Discharge
September 24th 2007NEW YORK -- Inpatients cared for by full-time hospitalists were likely to be discharged almost a day sooner than those in the care of nonhospitalists, but there was no significant difference in readmission rates or mortality, researchers found.
What is really causing this woman's asthma exacerbation?
September 1st 2007A 43-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with complaints of severe dyspnea, wheezing, and cough productive of white sputum. She had received a diagnosis of asthma 3 years earlier, based on symptoms of wheezing and cough. Since then, her drug regimen has included intermittent use of albuterol.
How old is old enough to report on asthma symptoms?
September 1st 2007**One of the most common illnesses in general pediatrics is asthma--often in children who have not yet entered their teen years. While we ask the parents what symptoms they have noticed in their child, we do not always ask younger children directly. How reliable are their answers?
Is your job putting you-- or your staff-- at risk for asthma?
July 1st 2007The risks of occupational asthma have been established in a number of groups, such as farmers and workers who are exposed to certain chemicals, such as isocyanates. The results of a study conducted by Delclos and associates provide insight into the risks of asthma in healthcare workers. The bottom line: the risk of asthma is increased about 2-fold in persons whose tasks involve instrument cleaning and disinfection, use of general cleaning products, and administration of aerosolized medications.
A man with sudden-onset dyspnea, chest pain, and pneumothorax
July 1st 2007Unilateral cystic lung anomalies are uncommon. We report a case of placental transmogrification of the lung in an adult, a condition with a peculiar histological pattern characterized by formation of placental, villus-like structures in the lung parenchyma.