Eight years went by and, in 2023, the plaintiff underwent a CT scan for an unrelated reason, but the report indicated “a 23 mm lingular opacity. … Malignancy cannot be excluded. Follow up ...

Are the opacities due to atelectasis, infection, pulmonary edema, or even hemorrhage? Differentiating between these requires medical knowledge and clinical reasoning. Moreover, radiologists also ...

Bibasilar atelectasis is when there is a collapse in the bottom part of both lungs. It can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, and more. Atelectasis is a partial or ...

Changes to the respiratory system that occur immediately on induction of general anaesthesia include decreased respiratory drive, altered muscle function, reduced lung volumes and atelectasis (lung ...

Atelectasis (pronounced a-teh-LEK-tuh-sis) is a lung condition that happens when your airways or the tiny sacs at the end of them don’t expand the way they should when you breathe. Because of ...

1-3 On the basis of the aforementioned findings, a diagnosis of left upper lobe atelectasis was made. A bronchoscopy was then performed, showing a tumor obstructing the left upper lobe bronchus, the ...

Atelectasis is when the airways or air sacs in the lungs collapse or do not fully expand. Symptoms can include shallow breathing, coughing, and wheezing. Treatment may involve medications ...

Atelectasis occurred less frequently when patients received ventilation through an endotracheal tube than through a laryngeal mask airway during bronchoscopy, according to study results published ...

Nursing care should focus on effective pain control to improve lung mechanics, prevent atelectasis and aid secretion clearance. Evidence shows that nursing interventions, patient monitoring and ...

1 Internal Medicine, UHS Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, USA. 2 UHS Pulmonology & Critical Care, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, USA. Lady Windermere Syndrome is an uncommon pulmonary ...

Bronchiectasis is a heterogeneous condition and may be encountered as a stand-alone pulmonary disease by primary care clinicians and specialists in pulmonary medicine. Bronchiectasis sometimes ...