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Patients with acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) who received a pulse dose of corticosteroids do not appear to have longer survival than those who received conventional nonpulse dose of corticosteroids, results of a study have shown.

In a study presented at AAAAI 2024, epinephrine in preservative-free, nasal powder formulations demonstrated superior stability and comparable plasma exposure to the EpiPen^® autoinjector, thus providing a less-invasive treatment option for severe allergic reactions including anaphylaxis.

Omalizumab scores in the NIH*-sponsored phase III OUtMATCH** trial, increasing the threshold for an allergic reaction to peanut and other common food allergens in children and adults with multiple food allergies.

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a safe and effective alternative to hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HART) in the treatment of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC), suggests a recent study.

Bacterial respiratory tract infection normally occurs in infants requiring early intubation in the emergency department (ED) for viral bronchiolitis, according to a study. However, respiratory bacterial codetection appears to shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation (MV) and length of stay (LOS) of these patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Use of the lung immune prognostic index (LIPI) can predict the survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and may even help in IPF management, suggests a recent study.

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with significantly higher incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) complications and addition of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5ARI) for combination therapy in male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) on alpha-1 adrenoreceptor blocker (AARB) monotherapy, a territory-wide retrospective cohort study in Hong Kong has shown.