Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with more purulent sputum had a higher frequency of exacerbations and hospitalizations over 5 years.
Confirming widespread beliefs by doctors and parents alike, the color of phlegm coughed up by people is indeed a good indicator of whether that person has a bacterial infection, an international group ...
Robert A. Stockley, MD, DSc; Christine O'Brien, MRCP; Anita Pye, PhD; and Susan L. Hill, PhD, From the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine ...
Withholding antibiotic treatment from hospitalized chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) patients with nonpurulent sputum does not negatively affect outcomes, a pilot study shows. The authors say ...
It’s not uncommon when you develop a hacking cough from deep down in your lungs to cough up a gel-like substance known as phlegm, or sputum. While you may think nothing of it, simply associating it ...
As the icy weather approaches, many start coughing and spluttering while they battle winter colds and flu. Although for most coughing up mucus is part of the cold season, coloured phlegm can be a sign ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Confirming widespread beliefs by doctors and parents alike, the color of phlegm coughed up by people is indeed a good indicator of whether that person has a bacterial ...
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