Katie Lennon

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Rhinovirus most often caused HA-VRIs in two hospitals

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: January 13, 2017

Health care–associated viral respiratory infections (HA-VRIs) were common in two pediatric hospitals, with rhinovirus the most frequent cause of th...

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Streptococcal pneumonia’s resistance to macrolides increasing

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: January 12, 2017

The incidence of resistance of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> to the macrolide azithromycin was almost 50% in 2014 in the United State...

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Initial outcomes of PERT at Cleveland Clinic

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: November 22, 2016

LOS ANGELES – Initial outcomes measures are beginning to emerge from Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams.

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Home oxygen upped survival in PAH with severely impaired DLCO

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: November 9, 2016

Oxygen therapy may help pulmonary arterial hypertension patients with severe DLCO impairment.

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Pediatric OSA improved with oral montelukast

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: October 27, 2016

The majority of children with obstructive sleep apnea who took montelukast showed reductions in their apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) scores.

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IPF Patient Registry will expand

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: August 26, 2016

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Teams boost confidence in IPF diagnoses

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: July 21, 2016

The use of multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) and updated diagnostic guidelines has increased the accuracy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)...

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USPSTF opposes screening for obstructive sleep apnea in draft recommendation

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: June 20, 2016

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Diffuse alveolar damage ups death risk in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Author:: Katie Lennon

Publish date: June 19, 2016

Among patients with ARDS, those who are also diagnosed with DAD faced nearly twice as high a mortality risk as did those without DAD, according to a s...