Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most commonly fatal nosocomial infection. Clinical diagnosis of VAP remains notoriously inaccurate. The hypothesis was tested that significantly ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung condition that often hides in plain sight. You may think you're ...

Significance: Pulmonary sounds analysis may be a complementary tool in clinical practice for differential diagnosis of asthma and COPD, especially in the absence of reliable spirometric testing.

Context Right heart catheterisation is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. However, echocardiography is frequently used to screen for this disease and monitor progression ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. At the French Thoracic Society Spring Days in May, Dr Aurélie Dehaene, radiologist at European Hospital in Marseille, ...

Background The diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis remains a challenge worldwide. The Xpert MTB/RIF test, a rapid mycobacteria tuberculosis diagnostic tool, was recommended for use in children ...

SETTING: faster alternative techniques are required to improve the diagnosis and control of pulmonary tuberculosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sample quality in the performance of PCR for diagnosis of ...

Spirometry Declines: Crucial COPD Test Overlooked ACSQHC Australians living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are being exposed to greater health risks as the use of a critical ...

Low-complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests (LC-mNAATs) such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) are World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended rapid molecular diagnostic ...

Following a careful history and physical examination, children performed pulmonary function tests before, then 5 and 15 minutes after a standardised treadmill exercise test. Based on overall ...

As a result, the necessity for early pulmonary embolism identification has immense significance in saving human lives. Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms (CTPA) are the optimal medical imaging ...