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Emphysema, a progressive form of chronic obstructivepulmonary disease (COPD), is characterized by the destruction of alveoli, leading to hyperinflation of the lungs and impaired gas ...

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease characterized by excessive extracellular matrix deposition and ...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a lung disease characterized by granulomas—tiny clumps of immune cells that form in response to ...

Chest drains are routinely used after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections to evacuate fluid and air from the pleural space.

Eighty-five percent of diagnosed cases of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this group, 5% of patients ...

Among patients with COPD or fibrotic ILD, participation in a 3-week inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program resulted in functional independence improvement, according to results published in ...

Without those criteria, the test is more likely to underestimate a patient’s lung function and sometimes ... courses or refer patients to local pulmonary function labs for testing, although ...

In pulmonary hypertension, a combination of metabolic and mechanical dysfunction leads to irreversible vascular damage.

Apr. 7, 2025 — As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new estimates. Previous estimates had put ...

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