Pulmonary edema is a critical condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs, causing leakage from blood vessels into air sacs normally filled with air for oxygen exchange. This accumulation impedes ...

Strict control of comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease decreases exacerbations, morbimortality, and avoids readmissions. An increasing number of women have the disease, ...

Liege, Belgium - A proposed mechanism behind some cases of acute pulmonary edema puts the blame on stress-exacerbated ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with systolic HF [1]. The idea, ...

Dr. Miranda Theodore (Medicine): A 28-year-old woman was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of this hospital because of progressive respiratory failure. The patient had been in her usual ...

AECOPD is associated with a significant worsening of respiratory symptoms that requires additional therapy. Several studies have indicated that AECOPD increases mortality, morbidity, and overall ...

A lung pathogen grows stronger in iron-rich environments, but at the cost of its own virulence, revealing a hidden trade-off behind chronic infection. Study: Iron dictates the growth, biofilm ...

Respiratory medicine has increasingly recognized the critical influence of respiratory viral infections on the development and exacerbation of chronic ...