During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies — air moving in and out of the lungs, heart beats, and even digested food progressing through the long ...

The lungs are some of the last organs to develop in your baby’s body during the prenatal stage. Some important parts of their lungs don’t develop until the end of pregnancy. Surfactant is a substance ...

Doctors warn that even healthy newborns are developing pneumonia and severe breathing issues as toxic air severely impacts ...

Newborns tend to have an irregular breathing pattern that alternates between fast and slow, with occasional pauses. If your baby makes noises when breathing, take note of what they sound like, or make ...

The sound speed through the lungs is influenced by the lungs' material properties and density. Probing the lungs of intubated infants with sound may provide a means to identify changes in lung ...

Auscultation is the next component in the physical assessment of the infant. Auscultation is most effective when the infant is in a quiet state. Warming of the hands and stethoscope and use of a ...

Chronic lung disease in infants is a state which is caused due to lung injury to a new born baby. Basically, it is a general term for long term respiratory problems in prematurely born babies. The ...

Use of inhaled corticosteroids in pregnancy improves infant lung function, reducing early respiratory risks linked to ...