Pneumonia - Medscape Pneumonia : More than 3 million cases of pneumonia occur annually in the United States Defined as an infection of the lung, pneumonia can be bacterial, viral, of fungal in origin The infection
Pneumonia Linked to Sudden Cardiac Arrest - Medscape Patients hospitalized with pneumonia are at risk for sudden cardiac arrest rather than gradual cardiac decompensation; 12% of in-hospital cardiac arrests are in patients with pneumonia
Stents Placed Under Imaging Guidance Yield Better Outcomes Stenting guided by intravascular imaging rather than angiography is linked to a lower risk for target vessel failure in patients with complex coronary artery lesions, a 5-year follow-up finds
Tables - Medscape Table 4 Improvements (day 2 vs baseline values) in cough symptoms following treatment with levocloperastine in 144 adult patients with cough associated with subacute chronic respiratory
Elevated CK Levels Found in Pneumonia - Medscape Some patients presenting with pneumonia have elevated CK levels What is the pathophysiology behind this, and does this finding have any clinical relevance?