Researchers have created a dataset of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome to help characterize lung compliance and hypoxemia, which may help administer better treatments. The ...

Definition: Total lung capacity is the total amount of air that the lungs can hold after a maximal inspiration. It is the sum ...

One of the biggest concerns with upper respiratory tract infections, like the common cold or a nasal infection, is the potential for more serious deep lung secondary infections, like pneumonia. If ...

Background: Homozygous ABCA3-deficiency is associated with a decreased surfactant function and results in irreversible respiratory failure or in chronic interstitial lung disease. Heterozygous ...

While medical headlines often focus on the biochemical underpinnings of disease, our body's biomechanics are equally crucial. A recent study explores how hypertension affects lung function, revealing ...

The management of a patient with a chest injury who only inhales requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving emergency medicine physicians, surgeons, respiratory therapists, and nurses. The ...

In a retrospective study of 100 patients treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, water retention without evidence of cardiac failure developed in 19. This was associated with radiologic ...

High blood pressure (hypertension) causes thickening of the blood vessels and hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). A study conducted by Brazilian researchers has shown for the first time that ...