Science news articles about 'pneumonia rates'

... endotracheal tube resulted in reduced incidence of pneumonia associated with ventilators, according to a report in the August 20 ... and aspiration and can successfully reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia rates, but no single strategy completely ...

... and death among older adults, and rates of hospitalizations for pneumonia among patients 65 and older ... was a good idea. Assessing if there is a correlation between rising pneumonia rates and increasing air pollution would ...

... : Secondary infections with bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia, were a major cause of death during ... suggests that the use of bacterial vaccines containing S. pneumoniae could reduce pneumonia rates and deaths in modern influenza ...