Patients with chronic lung diseases, congenital diseases, or other serious respiratory system diseases were excluded. Overall, 3257/4546 children were diagnosed with pneumonia (3190 through LUS; 2925 ...

Although the pneumonia vaccine can’t prevent all cases, it can lower your chances of catching the disease. And if you’ve had the shot and you get pneumonia anyway, you will probably have a ...

Each year, about 1.5 million adults in the United States are diagnosed with pneumonia. Around 1 million of those people are admitted to the hospital, and another 50,000 die from pneumonia or its ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are abnormalities present at birth that affect the structure or function of the heart. These defects can range from mild to severe, impacting millions of people ...

The results were published today in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that adult and congenital syphilis cases increased by 80% ...

The radiologic findings in the lungs of 16 hospitalized neonates with disseminated herpes simplex infection were retrospectively reviewed. A sequential picture was devised of four stages in the ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is higher among those who live at higher altitudes, and more prevalent among females, according to a new study presented at ACC Latin America 2024.

In one study, cleansing the birth canals with an antiseptic solution (chlorhexidine 0.25%) at every vaginal examination before delivery has been shown to reduce neonatal infection. [43] ...

Pneumonia-related hospitalization is associated with a higher risk of death for older Americans than any other leading cause of hospitalization.1 Reduce your personal risk of acquiring pneumonia ...