Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DOMedically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Situs inversus is a rare ailment in ...

PART 1 Oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus. GI Motility online (2006) doi:10.1038/gimo73 Published 16 May 2006. Anatomy, development, and physiology of the lungs. Richard M. Effros, M.D.

Nurses need to understand the anatomy and physiology of normal breathing to measure respiratory rate and interpret findings. The second in our five-part series on respiratory rate describes the ...

Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, affects some patients after infection, according to pulmonologists.

Pulmonary fibrosis describes a condition in which the normal lung anatomy is replaced by a process of active remodeling, deposition of extracellular matrix and dramatic changes in the phenotype of ...

Point-of-care lung ultrasonography allows for the assessment of patients with acute dyspnea, which is usually associated with pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, or pneumothorax and may ...

Approximately 50 percent of current and ex-smokers with normal lung function have chronic breathing symptoms and flare-ups that are similar to patients with a disease that is the nation’s third most ...

Intralobar BPS, which is more common than the extralobar form, is integrated into the normal lung parenchyma and is usually located in a lower lobe (in 98% of cases), particularly in the medial ...