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The use of defibrotide therapy in critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is well tolerated and appears to induce promising response rate, as shown in the results of a small open-label trial.

Patients with type 2 asthma and who are using high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may fare well with dupilumab, which has been shown to reduce severe exacerbations and improve lung function and asthma control in a recent study.

Female smokers with early natural menopause are at high risk of developing malignant and nonmalignant lung diseases, as well as of death, as reported in a study.

An inverse, independent, and graded association exists between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mortality risk across the spectra of age, sex, and race, a recent study has found. In addition, there is no risk increase seen among extremely fit individuals.

Twice-daily 100-mg doses of tigecycline leads to better clinical response, bacterial clearance, and survival in intensive care unit patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia, reports a recent meta-analysis. However, such a double-dose regimen may also show higher treatment toxicities.

A wrist-worn reflectance-based pulse oximeter can measure oxygen saturation during sleep with reasonable accuracy and small error, according to a recent study.

The invasiveness of ground-glass nodules (GGN) appears to be associated with their mean computed tomography (CT) value, a recent meta-analysis has found. This finding points to a potential prognostic value of CT scans in patients with GGNs.