Measurements The primary outcome measure was a composite endpoint of the incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome, postoperative pulmonary complications, myocardial infarction and/or ...

Methods The DIagnostic AngioGRAphy to find vascular Malformations (DIAGRAM) study (n=298; 69 macrovascular cause; 23%) is a prospective, multicentre study assessing yield and accuracy of CT ...

Pain in the upper abdominal area, usually under the ribs, is the most common symptom of both acute and chronic pancreatitis. Nausea and vomiting are also common. Learn about other symptoms and ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about the damage to respiratory health caused by biomass smoke and tobacco smoke. We assessed the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ...

The current pathophysiology of COPD encompasses three main characteristics: emphysema, chronic bronchitis and small airway disease. Macrophages and neutrophils are implicated in this process; thus ...

The new COPD guidelines talk about using the Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea (MMRC) scale and the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) to better assess symptoms in COPD independently of FEV 1.

Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most common type of pulmonary hypertension, although an accurate prevalence is challenging. PH-LHD includes PH due to systolic or ...

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, ostensibly incurable, and etiologically diverse disease with an unacceptably high 5-year mortality rate (≈50%), worse than many cancers. Irrespective of pathogenic ...

Patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease make up an increasing proportion of the total pulmonary hypertension population who bring with them added complexity ...

A preliminary report says that Lori Paige's father, Andrew Wiley, died of natural causes resulting from a pulmonary embolism, per the Leon County Sheriff's Office.