A machine-learning model showed excellent discriminative ability in predicting 30-day mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia, according to study results published in CHEST.“[SepsisFinder adapted for CAP with machine learning] offers some advantages over current scoring methods, for example, calculations easily made on routinely collected data and based on structured
RSV in older Americans remains under-recognized by both physicians and especially the public, says a University of Rochester School of Medicine professor who specializes in respiratory viral infections.
Diagnosis in both the young and old can be challenging because RSV symptoms often overlap those of the flu, COVID-19, the common cold and other illnesses. Clues that point to RSV include wheezing – a high-pitched breathing sound – and using stomach and other muscles to help with breathing.
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Only 21 percent of patients with severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) have a documented bacterial superinfection at the time of intubation, resulting in potential overuse of antibiotics, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.