Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, its contribution to lower respiratory infections —those ...

At the end of the alveoli are capillaries, which are tiny blood vessels. Oxygen moves from the lungs to the bloodstream through these capillaries. In exchange, carbon dioxide moves from the blood ...

No major shunts remained in the right lobe of the liver. Hemorrhage was found in the adrenal glands, heart, lungs, intestines and peritoneum, and the perirenal and retroperitoneal spaces.

a chronic lung condition caused by damage to tiny air sacs in the lungs called alveoli. Healthy lungs are made up up of millions alveoli with elastic walls that take oxygen into the body and expel ...

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ...

Division of Applied Regulatory Science, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...

CPAP works by increasing pressure in the lungs and improves oxygenation and ventilation across the area affected by pneumonia and recruits collapsed alveoli surrounding the affected area [4].