Pneumonia in Medical News

AlphaRx Presents Positive Preclinical Data on Zysolin(TM) Inhalable Nanoparticles at Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting

... in animal models of acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia when compared to inhaled and injected ... Zysolin(TM) is significantly efficacious in acute pneumonia animal models induced by gram negative pathogens ... pathogens responsible for ventilator-associated pneumonia in intubated patients, being directly responsible ...

Fewer Shots Could Still Protect Kids From Pneumonia

... pneumococcal vaccine can protect infants against pneumonia and other infections. The current recommended ... far lower rates of microorganisms that can cause pneumonia and other infections, according to the report in ... Nemours Foundation has more about children and pneumonia . -- Robert ...

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Releases June Advisory

... weakened immune systems. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is healthcare-associated pneumonia in a patient who must use a machine or other ... staff nearly eliminated ventilator-associated pneumonia in their facility. Their success shows what ...

Younger People Appear More at Risk From New Swine Flu

... been mild for most people, some have developed pneumonia and respiratory distress, which can be severe and ... of the deaths and 71 percent of the cases of pneumonia were seen in people aged 5 to 59 years. That's ... from the new H1N1 flu. Of the 18 people with pneumonia hospitalized in April with the flu at the ...

Forest Laboratories Announces Positive Top-line Data from Two Pivotal Phase III Trials of Ceftaroline for the Treatment of Community-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) Requiring Hospitalization

... for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). The top-line data in each of the pivotal ... moderate to severe community-acquired bacterial pneumonia requiring hospitalization. According to the ... Hospitalization Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia is a serious illness and a common cause of ...

Statins May Not Protect Against Pneumonia

... statin drugs don't lower the risk of pneumonia in the elderly, according to a study that appears ... and had intact immune systems. They found that pneumonia risk was actually 26 percent higher among those using statins and even higher (61 percent) for pneumonia severe enough to require hospitalization. The ...

Zysolin(TM) Pre-clinical Data Supports Once-a-day Dosing in Humans

... adjunctive treatment of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa pneumonia in intubated and mechanically-ventilated patients ... for the adjunctive treatment of Gram-negative pneumonia in intubated and mechanically-ventilated ... and Staphylococcus bacterial strains in pneumonia patients. The active ingredient in Zysolin(TM), ...

Statins don't lower risk of pneumonia in elderly

... population-based case-control study found that pneumonia risk was, if anything, slightly higher (26%) in ... and this extra risk was even higher (61%) for pneumonia severe enough to require being hospitalized. ... for every study subject. It confirmed that every pneumonia event was a true case of pneumonia, which prior ...

Acid-Suppressing Meds May Boost Pneumonia Risks

... actually increases their risk of developing pneumonia while in the hospital, new research suggests. ... found that the rate of hospital-acquired pneumonia was 30 percent higher among people on ... the researchers found that the risk of developing pneumonia in the hospital was 30 percent higher for those ...

Institute for Aging Research finds modifiable hip fracture complications contribute to mortality

... modifiable post-fracture complications, including pneumonia and pressure ulcers, are associated with an ... strategies to reduce pressure ulcers and pneumonia may help reduce mortality in this frail ... Medical Sciences , the study found that pneumonia and pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, ...

FDA Approves New Indication for Wyeth's TYGACIL (tigecycline) for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia

... Suffering From Community-Acquired Bacterial pneumonia COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., March 24 ... adult patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) caused by susceptible strains of indicated ... 313. About Community-Acquired Bacterial pneumonia Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, or ...

Brothers in arms

... later, flu-infected mice received a dosage of pneumonia bacteria usually harmless for healthy mice. While ... lack of immune cells encourages an infection with pneumonia bacteria in general, an artificial drug-induced ... lymphopenic mice with flu viruses, they received pneumonia bacteria. Despite a severe lack of immune cells, ...

Activity Against Drug-Resistant Pathogens is One of the Leading Attributes Influencing Physicians' Antibiotic Selection for the Treatment of Inpatient Community-Acquired Pneumonia

... Insight Series: Community-Acquired pneumonia also finds that future therapies modeled after ... for very severe cases of community-acquired pneumonia requiring admission to the ICU or mechanical ... for empiric treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in the hospital setting," stated Lisa Arias, ...

Inhaled Corticosteroids Boost Pneumonia Risk in COPD

... disease (COPD) might increase the risk of pneumonia by as much as 70 percent, researchers report. ... people. The researchers looked for cases of pneumonia among people who were using inhaled ... increased their risk of developing pneumonia by 60 to 70 percent. However, this increase ...

U.S. Flu Season Off to Slow Start

... influenza season," she said. Also, deaths from pneumonia associated with influenza are well below the ... associated with flu, including bacterial pneumonia and MRSA. "Bacterial infections kill many of ... with the flu, then a few days later developed pneumonia with MRSA and died. "This is the kind of threat ...

Study Finds More Effective Treatment for Pneumonia Following Influenza

... study could shape new treatments for secondary pneumonia MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 8 ... a more effective treatment for bacterial pneumonia following influenza. They found that the ... likely result in the same high percentage of pneumonia deaths, according to the researchers. The ...

Study finds more effective treatment for pneumonia following influenza

... a more effective treatment for bacterial pneumonia following influenza. They found that the ... likely result in the same high percentage of pneumonia deaths, according to the researchers. The ... are relatively ineffective against secondary pneumonia because the drugs exacerbate inflammation caused ...

Medical Simulation Corporation to Introduce Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Program at International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare

... Orlando, Florida. The Ventilator Associated pneumonia (VAP) Program is the latest offering in a full ... simulator. Ventilator associated pneumonia, pneumonia that occurs more than 48 hours after the ... MSC's comprehensive Ventilator Associated pneumonia Program includes a web-based course and a ...

There's a life-saving medical device sitting on your sink

... hospital stay, and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a lung infection that develops in about ... ordinary toothbrush. Three Times a Day Keeps pneumonia Away "Pneumonia is a big problem in hospitals ... who are intubated can be contaminated with pneumonia only 2 or 3 days after the tube is put in place. ...

Steroid Inhalers Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Patients

... fact, these medicines may even raise the risk of pneumonia in patients with COPD, the fourth biggest killer ... the risk of pneumonia, however. The number of pneumonia of cases was about a third higher in those who ... that inhaled steroids increase the risk of pneumonia in COPD patients," he said. "All medication ...

Joint Commission Report Shows Gains in Safety, Quality

... 2002 to 95.7 percent in 2007) and patients with pneumonia (from 37.2 percent to 93.7 percent). Other strong ... pneumococcal screening and vaccination to pneumonia patients (from 30.2 percent to 83.9 percent). ... in 2006 to 88 percent in 2007. The pneumonia care result improved from 72.3 percent in 2002 ...

Pakistan introduces vaccine to prevent top child killer

... infections, including one of the major causes of pneumonia and meningitis." Hib is estimated to cause about 20 percent of life-threatening pneumonia cases, and it is the most common cause of ... to UNICEF and WHO, two million children die from pneumonia every year, making it the top child killer ...

Coconut Oil May Help Fight Childhood Pneumonia

... help relieve the symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia in kids faster than antibiotic therapy alone, a ... meeting in Philadelphia. Community-acquired pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is contracted ... and 5 years old. All had community-acquired pneumonia and were being treated intravenously with the ...

Statins Reduced Death Risk From Pneumonia

... -- The death rate among people hospitalized for pneumonia was one-third lower for those taking statins than ... to understand that systemic infections such as pneumonia cause inflammation that may trigger a lot of ... and aspirin, did not have any effect on pneumonia mortality in the study, Thomsen noted. Thomsen ...

Steroids aid recovery from pneumonia, UT Southwestern researchers say

... antimicrobial therapy might help people with pneumonia recover more quickly than with antibiotics alone, ... mice infected with a type of severe bacterial pneumonia and subsequently treated with steroids and ... the bugs, but they do help restore health." pneumonia is a lung infection typically characterized by ...

Advanced Life Sciences and Wyeth Sign Commercialization Agreement for Cethromycin in Asia Pacific Region

... indication of mild-to-moderate community acquired pneumonia (CAP). (Logo: ... efficacy and safety profile in community acquired pneumonia and we view this product as a potential option to ... any other indication. About Community Acquired pneumonia (CAP) CAP is the sixth most common cause of ...

Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia

... endotracheal tubes reduced the risk of pneumonia among intensive-care patients on ventilators, a U.S. study found. Ventilator-associated pneumonia can lead to longer hospital stays, increased ... for 24 hours or longer, ventilator-associated pneumonia developed in 4.8 percent of those with ...

Lung Infections Cost Hospitals More Than $10B in 2006

... pneumonia second only to childbirth as most common reason ... of hospital admissions and costs found. pneumonia was second only to childbirth as the most common ... or inflammation caused by bacteria or a virus. pneumonia can be especially deadly among the elderly. ...

FDA Approves VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) for Injection for Patients with Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma

... 10%), rash (19% vs 7%), back pain (17% vs 18%), pneumonia (16% vs 11%), dizziness (16% vs 11%), dyspnea ... upper respiratory tract infection, myalgia and pneumonia (each 12%), muscle cramps (11%), and dehydration ... studies. The most commonly reported SAEs included pneumonia (7%), pyrexia (6%), diarrhea (5%), vomiting (4%), ...

Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes Cut Down on Infections

... pneumonia. "Ventilator-associated pneumonia can be caused by a variety of pathogens," said ... passed to the patient. Ventilator-associated pneumonia can be a serious and sometimes deadly condition, ... average costs of treating ventilator-associated pneumonia can be more than $40,000, because of the length ...

Study Finds Gender Disparity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

... -- Men checking into emergency departments with pneumonia are likely to be sicker than women with the same ... number of men and women with community-acquired pneumonia recruited in the emergency rooms of 28 U.S. ... The study found that the women, on average, had pneumonia symptoms for a longer time before going to the ...

Men at increased risk of death from pneumonia compared to women

... May 18 Men who come to the hospital with pneumonia generally are sicker than women and have a higher ... from 1,136 men and 1,047 women with symptoms of pneumonia who were treated at 28 hospital emergency ... that in the future, medical treatment of pneumonia may be different for men and women. ...

Prevention and control of childhood pneumonia: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

... Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of pneumonia (GAPP), focuses on the prevention and control of ... year. The highest rates and greatest burden of pneumonia occurs in Africa and Asia and special attention ... can also make children more susceptible. pneumonia places a huge burden on families and health ...

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly

... drugs are 60 percent more likely to develop pneumonia in the short term than those who don't take the ... say Dutch researchers. "The risk of developing pneumonia is not associated with long-term use, but is the ... "all antipsychotic drugs may be associated with pneumonia in elderly patients." This is the first study ...

Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of developing pneumonia in elderly

... have a 60 percent increased risk of developing pneumonia compared to non-users. This risk is highest in ... is the first to show that the development of pneumonia is associated with antipsychotic drug use. The risk of developing pneumonia is not associated with long-term use, but is the ...

Children's Hospital scientists identify possible target for prevention and treatment of pneumonia

... were able to effectively treat mice with pneumonia by using purified IL-22. Results of the study ... there is no vaccine that covers all kinds of pneumonia and antibiotic treatment is sometimes limited by ... using IL-22 to limit or prevent pneumonia. pneumonia causes almost one in five deaths in children ...

Treating Childhood Pneumonia at Home Could Save Lives in Developing Countries

... In developing countries, treating children with pneumonia at home is as safe and effective as hospital care, a new study finds. Worldwide, pneumonia kills 2 million children under the age of 5 each ... deaths, the researchers report. "Severe in pneumonia in children can be safely and successfully ...

Pneumonia Vaccine Is Keeping Kids Healthier

... to be associated with fewer hospitalizations for pneumonia and reduced health-care expenses, according to a ... than two years, hospitalizations due to all-cause pneumonia declined from 11.5 to 5.5 per 1,000 children ... ambulatory (outpatient) visits due to all-cause pneumonia declined from 99.3 to 58.5 per 1,000 children ....

Emergency Care for Heart Attacks, Pneumonia Fails to Meet Goals

... national goals in treating heart attack and pneumonia patients, according to a Johns Hopkins study. ... at the records of 1,492 heart attack and 3,955 pneumonia patients treated at 544 emergency departments ... recommended beta blocker treatment. Among pneumonia patients, only 69 percent received recommended ...

Heart attacks/pneumonia falls short of national goals

... national goals in treating many heart attack and pneumonia patients, according to a study by Johns Hopkins ... records of 1,492 heart attack patients and 3,955 pneumonia patients seen at 544 emergency departments ... patients. Only 69 percent of patients with pneumonia got recommended antibiotics, and fewer than half ...