A compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Post-Acute Care Team, whose focus is to ensure post-acute care facilities', hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.

Women are less likely to receive a lung transplant and spend an average of six weeks longer on the waiting list, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research. However, women who receive a ...

There have been calls to blow the whole thing up with India’s biggest names exposed in brutal fashion back home. The series came down to the last day of play on Sunday, but there was no denying ...

When kidney function goes below 15% of normal EGFR, it's classified as end-stage kidney failure. Acute kidney failure can occur too, usually due to a sudden injury, illness, or medication use. In ...

A robust surveillance system for Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) for Influenza is already in place in India and the data from both indicates no unusual ...

PETALING JAYA: The rise in acute respiratory infections during the year-end and start of the new year period is common. It is, however, being monitored closely by the Health Ministry. This comes ...

The final group comprised hospitalized patients with chronic pulmonary disease in respiratory failure who were receiving oxygen by the masks described above; 158 arterial-blood studies are ...

(Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) According to the American Lung Association, human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a leading cause of acute respiratory infection. It was discovered in the Netherlands ...

China is experiencing a rise in respiratory illnesses, particularly HMPV, as winter approaches. Hospitals are overwhelmed, with fears of a healthcare crisis. A seasonal rise in respiratory ...

According to Dr. Rodrick Lim from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, respiratory virus season is a little different every year. Doctors know cases will surge in the winter ...

So, which respiratory virus invaded your cells ... in rare cases, cause acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). These DNA viruses in the family Adenoviridae are frequently accompanied by small, single ...

Background and aims Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterised by acute decompensation of cirrhosis associated with organ failures. We systematically evaluated the geographical variations ...