A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMC Geriatrics reveals that glucocorticoid therapy was associated with improved survival rates in older adults with severe community-acquired ...

Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF), a novel endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neurotrophic factor, exerts a protective role in both nervous and non-nervous systems. However, ...

New review links antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduced mortality and faster clinical stability in hospitalized adults ...

Background The etiologic profile of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) for each age group could be similar among inpatients and outpatients. This fact brings up the link between etiology of CAP ...

and their efficacy and safety in the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Data show that CAP is a common presentation in primary care practice, and is associated with high rates of ...

Babies and children between the ages of three months and 11-years-old with pneumonia should be offered a three-day rather than five-day course of antibiotics, according to a new draft NICE guideline.

Babies and children aged between three months and 11 years of age with pneumonia should be offered a three-day course of ...

Babies and children aged three months to 11 years with uncomplicated community acquired pneumonia should be offered a three day rather than five day course of antibiotics, the National Institute for ...

Immunocompromised patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia have an increased risk of in-hospital and long-term mortality.

"We also don’t have information on the exact kind of pneumonia he had." Most cases of community-acquired pneumonia are bacterial or viral. Bacterial pneumonia is normally more severe than viral ...