NICE Bites: Pneumonia (antimicrobial prescribing)

NICE Bites: Asthma

Safety in Lactation: Drugs for obstructive airways disease

Safety in Lactation: Mucolytics and other drugs for cystic fibrosis

Is there a role for inhaled epoprostenol, inhaled nitric oxide or sildenafil to treat secondary pulmonary hypertension and hypoxaemia in ICU patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome?

An analysis of pooled randomised controlled trials of the use of inhaled nitric oxide in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) found no mortality…

Low molecular weight heparins - should treatment doses be used in patients with renal impairment?

Randomised controlled trials evaluating LMWH efficacy and safety have generally excluded patients with severe renal impairment (RI). In contrast to UFH, LMWHs are primarily cleared…

Summary of COVID-19 medicines guidance: Respiratory disorders

Administration of tobramycin via a nebuliser

If there are robust clinical reasons to administer tobramycin injection via a nebuliser instead of using the licensed nebuliser solution then it is critical that…