Investigators sought to determine whether there is a link between the frequency of recent ischemic stroke in patients with symptomatic pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale.
The Xvivo Perfusion System can temporarily ventilate, oxygenate, and pump preservation solution through lungs previously deemed unacceptable for transplant.
Effective quantitative airway measurements and air-trapping evaluations based on chest computed tomography scans are technically feasible in pediatric patients with postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans.
High-dose aspirin therapy paradoxically increases markers of type 2 inflammation in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease despite reducing nasal symptoms.
Expert radiologists can accurately identify patients who will later be diagnosed with CTEPH by evaluating the computed tomography pulmonary angiogram scan performed in the setting of suspected acute pulmonary embolism using 6 standardized radiologic parameters.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching on April 25, 2019, its “Remove the Risk” campaign, aimed at promoting the safe disposal of unused opioids.
Young children who received inhaled albuterol sulfate prior to receiving anesthesia for tonsillectomy had decreased rates of perioperative respiratory adverse events.
