Infection Control Today - Respiratory Infections

Improved Adherence to Prescribing Guidelines for Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections

An intervention consisting of clinician education coupled with personalized audit and feedback about antibiotic prescribing improved adherence to prescribing guidelines for common pediatric bacterial acute respiratory tract infections, although the intervention did not ...More

2 weeks ago

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Secondhand Smoke Causes Longer Hospitalization in Infants with Respiratory Infections

More evidence has surfaced that supports the war on smoking, especially if smokers have an infant in their household. A study published today in the June issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma ...More

3 weeks ago

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Prenatal Exposure to Traffic is Associated with Respiratory Infection in Young Children

Living near a major roadway during the prenatal period is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infection developing in children by the age of 3, according to a new study from researchers in Boston. “The connection between in utero and early life cigarette smoke ...More

May 20, 2013

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Early Childhood Respiratory Infections May Explain Link Between Analgesics and Asthma

A new study conducted by Boston researchers reports that the link between asthma and early childhood use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen may be driven by underlying respiratory infections that prompt the use of these analgesics, rather than the drugs themselves. The results ...More

May 20, 2013

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ICU-Acquired Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Associated with Increased Hospital Costs

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the most common hospital-acquired infections on ICUs. They have not only an impact on each patient’s individual health but also result in a considerable financial burden for the healthcare system. Leistner, et al. (2013) sought ...More

May 9, 2013

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Research Suggests Transmission of Respiratory Viruses in Utero

The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), can be transferred during pregnancy to an unborn baby, according to Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital research published online this week in the ...More

April 19, 2013

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Association Found Between Length of Biological Marker and Development of Respiratory Infection

Among healthy adults who were administered a cold virus, those with shorter telomere length (a structure at the end of a chromosome) in certain cells were more likely to develop experimentally-induced upper respiratory infection than participants with longer telomeres, ...More

February 20, 2013

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Vanderbilt Study Reveals Clues to Childhood Respiratory Virus

New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14, 2013 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children. Senior author John Williams, ...More

February 14, 2013

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Patient Expectations of Acute Bronchitis Not Consistent With the Best Evidence

New research from the University of Georgia exposes a large discrepancy in the length of time patients expect an acute cough illness, also called acute bronchitis, to last and the reality of the illness. This mismatch may be a factor in the over-prescription of antibiotics. ...More

January 15, 2013

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Loyola Using Technology in the Fight Against Influenza

Cold, allergies, the flu or something else? Thanks to advanced technology, physicians at Loyola University Health System receive confirmation of their patient’s respiratory illness within one hour. Loyola is one of only two hospitals in lllinois to use the FDA-approved ...More

January 10, 2013

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