Pneumonia – PossibleThreat Articles

Vaping-associated lung injury findings

October 9, 2019 0 Comments Alzheimer's Research, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Diseases and Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease, Pneumonia

A clinical perspective article reviews various imaging manifestations of electronic nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes, vape pens, and hookah tanks. Despite the lack of a standardized case definition for vaping-associated lung injury, the radiologist may be the first person to prompt the clinical team to ask about relevant exposures like hypersensitivity pneumonitis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, organizing pneumonia, lipoid pneumonia, and giant cell interstitial pneumonia.

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AI system accurately detects key findings in chest X-rays of pneumonia patients within 10 seconds

September 30, 2019 0 Comments Diseases and Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Lung Disease, Medical Imaging, Mesothelioma, Patient Education and Counseling, Pneumonia, Today's Healthcare

From 20 minutes or more to 10 seconds. Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and Stanford University say 10 seconds is about how quickly a new system they studied that utilizes artificial intelligence took to accurately identify key findings in chest X-rays of patients in the emergency department suspected of having pneumonia.

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Unravelling an alternative mechanism of airway mucosal immunity

September 25, 2019 0 Comments Cell Biology, Genetics, Immune System, Infectious Diseases, Lung Disease, mice, Molecular Biology, Pneumonia

Researchers have identified two key proteins, ASC and NLRP3, in the maintenance of the innate immune homeostasis in the airway. These proteins do so by a caspase-1-independent mechanism, suggesting that there may be multiple mechanisms involved in protection against microbial infections.