Acute Respiratory Disease

The odds for severe acute respiratory disease events rose among previous/current smokers with evidence of quantitative interstitial abnormality, or QIA, progression on CT scans, according to results published in Radiology.

The use of rapid respiratory pathogen testing for influenza-like illness in a pediatric ED did not reduce antibiotic prescribing, according to findings from a randomized clinical trial that were reported in JAMA Network Open.

In a study of older adults hospitalized with influenza and other acute respiratory illnesses, functional decline was common, and persistent and catastrophic for some, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Routine use of a molecular point-of-care test-and-treat strategy for influenza improved detection and other outcomes in patients admitted to the hospital, according to results of the FluPOC trial.

Use of noninvasive ventilation among Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized in the last 30 days of life increased from 2000 to 2017, especially among those with cancer and dementia, researchers reported.