How much did they smoke? Were they exposed to smoke from others? Were they born prematurely? Did they experience a lot of ...

A time-to-first-event analysis was used to determine the primary end point, which was a composite of hospitalization (≥24 hours) for worsening pulmonary arterial hypertension, lung transplantation, ...

Of these various terms there tends to be an overuse of the diagnoses of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP), and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing ...

It could break off and travel to your lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism ... fluid gathers in your body, which causes swelling in your arms and legs. You may also notice symptoms such as ...

Continue reading to learn more about subsegmental pulmonary embolisms, including what causes them, what symptoms they may cause, and how doctors manage them. A subsegmental pulmonary embolism may ...

Possible causes of swelling in the feet include edema, pregnancy, preeclampsia, lymphedema, liver disease, heart disease, kidney failure, infections, and blood clots. Swelling can also occur due ...

changes in pulmonary artery pressure predicts subsequent changes in prognosis. For both providers and patients, predicting all-cause mortality in chronic heart failure remains a challenge. Existing ...

Macular edema is swelling in the eye's retina that causes blurry vision but can progress to more serious vision loss. The most common condition associated with macular edema is diabetic retinopathy, ...

Symptoms include: Blurry and wavy central vision Colors that appear faded Problems with reading and/or viewing information on a computer screen Left untreated, macular edema will eventually cause ...

Varying degrees of interstitial pulmonary edema could well account for this finding in failure of the left ventricle particularly in patients with a low vital capacity and only slight elevation of ...

Prevailing evidence suggests that the loss of pulmonary endothelial tight junctions (TJs) plays a critical role. TJs are dynamically regulated by physiologic and hemodynamic forces to stabilize the ...