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51st-idkd-2019-international-diagnostic-course-davos
2019 31 Mar
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Dramatic-decline-in-ards-mortality-rates
2014 23 Oct
According to the largest study to date of mortality trends in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), advances in critical care medicine played a major role in reducing the rate of mortality over a sixteen year period. The study has been published in the journal CHEST and will be presented at Chest 2014, the annual meeting of the...Read more
Bone-suppression-optimises-chest-x-ray-s-ipa-diagnosis
2014 21 Oct
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients with haematological malignancies. A delay in treatment is associated with substantially increased hospital mortality. However, treatment is expensive, and can have serious side effects. From a clinical point of view, there is therefore a strong...Read more