Gabe Ginsberg/ Beloved film and TV actress Catherine O’Hara died of a pulmonary embolism (PE)—which happens when a blood clot ...

A woman presents with exertional dyspnea, wheezing, and intermittent dry cough, which has been ongoing for over the past 10 ...

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effects of incorporating Kinesio-taping (KT) into a chest physical therapy program on alleviating pain and enhancing pulmonary function, respiratory muscle ...

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs), also called lung function tests, are some of the most important, but least understood, tools healthcare providers use to evaluate lung health. Though many people have ...

The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...

Corvista Health’s point-of-care device can detect cases of pulmonary hypertension (PH) that other noninvasive diagnostic tools miss, according to a recent case series. “By enabling physicians to ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

My recent pulmonary function test (PFT) results indicated a decline in all the areas it measured. That’s not unusual for me. In the spring, my PFT numbers had declined, as well, leading to a diagnosis ...

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 ...

Last July, a team of physicians and researchers successfully proposed modifications to the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, advocating against the ...