People with autoimmune diseases or weakened immune system, or underlying conditions such as asthma and COPD patients may experience ... may also perform X-ray chest, CT imaging of chest or ...

Healthcare workers may be able to assess the risk of oral cancer, recommend next steps and even deliver early life-saving interventions, all from just a handful of photos of a patient’s oral ...

Consecutive COPD patients presenting with intractable cough were randomly assigned to receive lidocaine or terbutaline inhalation treatments for cough suppression. Patients with dyspnoea, unstable ...

The symptoms with the highest frequency among cases were cough, non-specific chest infections, dyspnoea, chest pain and COPD. Although ... the number of patients in the validation cohort who will ...

Healthcare workers may be able to assess the risk of oral cancer, recommend next steps and even deliver early life-saving interventions, all from just a handful of photos of a patient’s oral ... that ...

Asthma can cause excess mucus buildup in the lungs, leading to chest congestion. It usually worsens when you have a respiratory infection or when your allergies are acting up. However, you can also ...

Methods A prospective observational study was carried out on all patients following lung resection via thoracotomy in a regional thoracic centre over 13 months. PPC was assessed using a scoring system ...

When this happens, there may be coughing, shortness of breath, hiccups, rapid breathing, and sharp chest pains that worsen when inhaling or coughing. A pleural effusion can be very small (detectable ...

No data conversions were necessary, as we qualitatively analysed patient symptoms and characteristics. The method used to prepare missing summary statistics of age range was to report the mean age.

To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry ... is greater than that required for a typical X-ray. While the doses of radiation for each test are ...

Consistent medical oversight is crucial in managing COPD. After diagnosis, patients should expect frequent visits to healthcare providers. During the initial diagnostic phase, it’s essential to ...

Looking back on the accomplishments of recent past presidents of CHEST, John A. Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, hopes to “continue ...