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High-flowrate air samplers allow thorough monitoring for airborne SARS-CoV-2
High-flowrate air samplers are able to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals, outperforming even surface sampling, according to a recent Singapore study. Factors such as the site of deployment and distance of the air samplers from patients affect the viral load detected.
High-flowrate air samplers allow thorough monitoring for airborne SARS-CoV-2
28 Sep 2021
Lung function not affected in children, adolescents post-COVID
COVID-19 does not appear to result in long-term impairment of lung function in children and adolescents, according to two studies presented at ERS 2021.
Lung function not affected in children, adolescents post-COVID
27 Sep 2021
Olanzapine a favourable alternative to dexamethasone for CINV
Olanzapine administered at a dose of 5 mg was noninferior to dexamethasone and is associated with fewer adverse effects than dexamethasone for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), according to data presented at ESMO 2021.
Olanzapine a favourable alternative to dexamethasone for CINV
27 Sep 2021
Ribociclib plus letrozole improves OS in hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer
A combined regimen of ribociclib plus letrozole as first-line treatment provides a statistically significant and clinically meaningful overall survival (OS) benefit vs placebo plus letrozole in postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor–positive and HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (BC), results of the phase III MONALEESA-2 study have shown.