ABNORMALITIES of respiratory function have been observed in scleroderma. 1–5 However, little attention has been paid to the study of the pulmonary function of patients with systemic lupus ...

Plasma is a straw-coloured liquid that makes up just over half the volume of blood. You have about 5.5 litres of blood in your body That’s is the same amount of liquid as there is in these cola ...

If you clench your hand into a fist, this is approximately the same size as your heart. It is located in the middle of the chest and slightly towards the left. The heart is a large muscular pump ...

The mortality rates within the four therapy groups studied were as follows: 57 percent for patients with circulatory support by VA-ECMO alone, 48 percent with intrahospital systemic thrombolysis, ...

A current study involving the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) has investigated which treatment strategy offers the best chances of survival in high-risk acute pulmonary embolism. The results, now ...