Pneumonia, a largely preventable disease, caused more than two million deaths in 2021, according to the Global Burden of Disease report. Evidence-based guidance on its diagnosis and management is, ...

Bluish lips or nails: Cyanosis is a warning sign that your child may have low oxygen levels. You can tell if this is ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), formerly called nosocomial pneumonia, is defined as pneumonia occurring 48 hours after admission to the hospital and excluding those incubating at the time of ...

A third of patients with pneumonia weren’t diagnosed with the condition upon hospital admission And nearly 40% of patients initially diagnosed with pneumonia actually were sick with something else ...

Most people have experienced the telltale signs of a common cold, but what happens when those familiar symptoms are actually something more serious? Walking pneumonia, a milder cousin of traditional ...

In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection, researchers conducted a population-based emulated trial to evaluate the clinical efficacy of penicillin V (PcV) and ...

DALENCIA AND THIS MORNING’S MEDICAL ALERT AS WE ENTER COLD AND FLU SEASON, DOCTORS ARE STARTING TO SEE A RISE IN WALKING PNEUMONIA, ESPECIALLY IN KIDS. AND JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING IS DOCTOR ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In addition to hospital stay, IV antibiotic treatment length was shorter in the medical clown group vs. standard ...

LONDON (BBC Health News) -- Doctors can safely treat community acquired pneumonia with fewer antibiotics, say Dutch researchers. Current guidance recommends antibiotic treatment for seven to 10 days ...

As Pakistan continues to protect its youngest citizens, early awareness and timely action remain central to preventing ...

Every year, World Pneumonia Day 2025 is observed on November 11 around the globe to raise awareness about the respiratory ...

Pulmonology doctors at Shaare Zedek Medical Center removed a bone from a patient's lung that he likely swallowed while drinking chicken soup.