Use of E-cigarettes Among Youth in the United States Declines Early in COVID-19 Pandemic
How and why have young e-cigarette users changed their patterns of use since the COVID-19 pandemic began?
How and why have young e-cigarette users changed their patterns of use since the COVID-19 pandemic began?
The European Commission on Medical Mycology and International Society for Human and Animal Mycology released clinical guidance and research criteria for managing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis among patients with SARS-CoV-2.
Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with immunothrombotic, neutrophil-containing vessel occlusions in the lung.
Critically ill patients with COVID-19 who experience concurrent pulmonary embolism do not have increased mortality compared with patients without pulmonary embolism.
Household transmission of non-influenza respiratory viruses are thought to contribute significantly to transmission through the broader community.
Investigators examined whether brensocatib reduces incidence of exacerbations of bronchiectasis, reduces rate of exacerbations, or changes the concentration of active neutrophil in the sputum from baseline.
The effect of therapeutic anticoagulation with enoxaparin vs prophylactic anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin was assessed in severe COVID-19 patients.
Study authors assessed the relationship between children living in contact with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients on DOTS and children getting infected with tuberculosis or tubercular infection.
In settings where acid-fast bacilli pulmonary diseases are suspected, gastric aspirate culture may be helpful for diagnosing Mycobacterium avium complex and M kansasii pulmonary disease.
Patients with interstitial lung disease have an increased risk of severe disease and death associated with COVID-19.