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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pulmonology is the medical specialty focused on diseases of the lungs, airways, pleura, and the mechanics of breathing. Pulmonologists evaluate respiratory symptoms, interpret specialized imaging and ...

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 ...

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 44, No. 3 (September 2013), pp. 645-653 (9 pages) This study utilized computed spirometry to compare the pulmonary function of two stranded olive ridley sea ...