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My child has a cough, so what's wrong with using cough syrup?

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Monday, May 15, 2023
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In previous generations, parents might have reached for the cough syrup to relieve a dry or chesty cough.

Key Points: 
  • In previous generations, parents might have reached for the cough syrup to relieve a dry or chesty cough.
  • And amid mounting evidence of harms from poisoning and deaths, many countries including Australia have restricted cough medicines so they can’t be given to children aged under six.

What’s in cough medicine?

    • They can contain cough suppressants (dampening the body’s cough reflex), expectorants and mucolytics (both of which help clear phlegm).
    • Read more:
      Health Check: why do I have a cough and what can I do about it?
    • The riskiest medications are those with a sedative action, such as sedating antihistamines or opioid-based cough suppressants.

How are cough syrups restricted?

    • Young children under two years old are most at risk of a fatal overdose from cough syrups.
    • But Australia’s drug regulator recommends against using cough syrups for anyone under six years of age.
    • Cough syrups are still available for older children and adults.

When is it OK to use cough syrups?

    • Cough syrups can be used for in children aged six to 11 years, however caution is still needed.
    • Unfortunately, there is no convincing evidence these medications meaningfully improve cough symptoms.
    • Simple syrups containing no medication can also be effective: up to 85% of the effectiveness of cough medicines has been put down to the “placebo effect”.

So what can I do for my kid?

    • Paracetamol or ibuprofen can be used if they have fever, aches and pains along with their cough.
    • If your child is older than 12 months and has a wet cough (producing phlegm in their throat), consider giving them honey.
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Intuitive and Siemens Healthineers enhance scanning integration for Ion Endoluminal procedures

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Thursday, June 30, 2022
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This new imaging integration could help improve the accuracy of biopsy procedures, a key step in how lung cancer gets diagnosed.

Key Points: 
  • This new imaging integration could help improve the accuracy of biopsy procedures, a key step in how lung cancer gets diagnosed.
  • The integration enhances a physicians ability to provide minimally invasive lung biopsy with the Ion system, which can give patients answers sooner.
  • With the Siemens Healthineers integration we are raising that bar further by enabling our physicians to even more accurately and repeatably biopsy small lesions deep within the lung.
  • Procedures using the Ion endoluminal system may be associated with longer procedure and/or longer anesthesia time.

PRECIsE Clinical Study Preliminary Results Favorable for Intuitive’s Ion Endoluminal System for Peripheral Nodule Lung Biopsy

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Monday, October 18, 2021
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The similarity between yield rates for both smaller and larger nodules biopsied with Ion is a favorable result for clinicians seeking to sample smaller nodules.

Key Points: 
  • The similarity between yield rates for both smaller and larger nodules biopsied with Ion is a favorable result for clinicians seeking to sample smaller nodules.
  • A strong safety profile: the Ion system had no serious adverse events reported in this subset of patients in the study, and no pneumothorax events requiring a chest tube.
  • These are encouraging results on the potential for this technology to help safely biopsy small lung nodules.
  • The system features an ultra-thin, ultra-maneuverable catheter that allows navigation far into the peripheral lung and provides the unprecedented stability necessary for precision in biopsy.