Additionally, the change in diffusion capacity (DLco), low-density lipoprotein, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were independently associated with the increasing evolution of AIx. The average ...

Common presenting symptoms of COPD are productive cough or shortness of breath occurring; typically, the patient will be 50 years or older and will have smoked at least a pack of cigarettes a day for ...

In the reports on vital capacity in the literature, instructions to the patients were not described in detail. In our experience variations in the results of serial determinations were traced in many ...

Registry analysis suggests endoscopic lung volume reduction yields similar physiologic gains across sexes, but women report ...

Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Centrilobular emphysema is a specific type of emphysema that affects the upper lobes of the lungs. Centrilobular emphysema is the ...

St. Louis, April 18, 2002 — Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown for the first time that an experimental imaging technique can show changes caused by ...

The lungs consist of tiny air sacs called alveoli. Emphysema damages the alveoli and destroys lung tissue. Bullous emphysema (BE) refers to damaged alveoli that distend to form large air spaces, ...