Drug May Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
A drug called Revatio may help treat a dangerous condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Category : Lung Health : Health & Medical
A COPD Biopsy Trial With Roflumilast
How well does roflumilast reduce the characteristic inflammation of COPD in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD?
Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease
Neonatal chronic lung disease is a lung disorder affecting infants, especially premature babies whose lungs are not developed enough to work on their own. Also known as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, the disease causes continual respiratory problems.
What is an Anti-emetic?
Your doctor may prescribe an anti-emetic medication after chemotherapy. What is this medication?
Psychometrics of CAMPHOR and SF-36 in Pulmonary Hypertension
Which tool should you choose for patients with pulmonary hypertension?
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
The causes, symptoms, and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare lung disease.
Risks From Animal Diseases Growing
Diseases spread by birds, mosquitoes, cattle, and other animals are a growing problem for humans -- affecting millions of people a year, according to a new study.
China Warns Execution SARS Spreaders
The Chinese government today announced that it would imprison or even execute persons found to be deliberately spreading SARS.
Wet Spirometer Directions
A wet spirometer is a medical device used to measure the maximum amount of air a person can exhale, which is known as vital capacity. The wet spirometer has a breathing tube attached to a chamber inside the machine that is suspended in water. When the patient breathes into the tube, the chamber rise
What Should I Know About Neutropenia During Chemotherapy?
Neutropenia is a serious side effect of chemotherapy that can result in infections. How is it diagnosed, what are the symptoms, and how is it treated?
Pulmonary Medicine, June 2006
This month we look at some predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction, from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial.
Pharmacologic Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
What questions remain about the recently approved medications for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis -- pirfenidone and nintedanib.
5 Steps to Improving CPAP Adherence
Continuous positive airway pressure has been shown to decrease OSA events and improve subjective sleepiness, vigilance and general productivity. However, compliance to therapy remains problematic.
Psittacosis Treatments
Psittacosis is an incredibly rare infectious disease caused by the bacterium chlamydia psittaci. It is transmitted to humans via the inhalation of dried-up bird excrement, typically that of pet birds (such as parrots and parakeets) and poultry, though all birds can carry the bacterium. The incubatio
Definition of Lung Consolidation
Consolidation is an old term for lobar pneumonia, which describes the appearance of the lung in autopsy studies. Consolidation denotes pneumonia so serious that William Osler (an early American physician) called it in 1901, "the captain of the men of death." The outlook for severe pneumonia has impr
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Health.
This review evaluates the role of sleep-disordered breathing in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality on the basis of recent literature.
Bacteria in Hot Tub May Hurt Lungs
Maintenance of Hot Tub Should Reduce Risk of Hot Tub Lung Infection
Emphysema
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of emphysema, including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.
Managing Severe Asthma in Adults: ERS/ATS Guidelines
Get an updated definition of severe asthma along with the evaluation steps necessary to reach a diagnosis of severe asthma.
Importance of Blood Oxygen Saturation
The body works in complex ways. It needs oxygen to survive, and it gets that oxygen from the air we breathe. Blood pumps through our body delivering our oxygen. One of the most important parts of blood is blood oxygen saturation. Understanding the importance of this is important to understanding you