Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...

Physiology of microvascular fluid exchange in the lung ... These findings indicate that intact alveolar epithelial fluid transport is critically important for a timely recovery from ...

The findings may include bronchiectasis or an enlarged pulmonary artery, both clinically useful in identifying those at risk of recurrent exacerbations. COPD exacerbations are a major cause of ...

You may be given bronchodilator medication to increase airflow to your lungs. Your doctor may recommend pulmonary rehabilitation, a program designed to increase your awareness about your condition.

People can learn how to do these in pulmonary rehabilitation programs. The outlook for people with dyspnea depends on the cause. If the underlying condition can be successfully treated and ...

1. Clinical Practice Guidelines Group. Diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2004; 126(Suppl):1S 92S This statement ...

To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry to measure your lung function. They usually also perform other tests to monitor the damage to your lungs.

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an exercise and education programme designed to help people with lung disease in managing symptoms of chronic breathlessness. This document sets out standards that ...

Cumulative evidence suggests that inflammation and dysregulated immunity interdependently affect maladaptive organ perfusion and congestion as hemodynamic hallmarks of the pathophysiology of PH. The ...

6 Less common manifestations of HAE include neurologic, pulmonary, renal, urinary, and musculoskeletal symptoms. 6 Edema has also been noted in the soft palate, uvula, and tongue, both separately ...

For most mammals, including humans, a rise in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an early and inevitable consequence of ascent to high altitude. Resting mean PAP increases along a parabolic curve from ...