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 ...

Sudden lung collapse, known as spontaneous pneumothorax, can strike unexpectedly, leaving individuals gasping for relief.

Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that affects the lungs. Signs of tension pneumothorax include chest pain and shortness of breath.

Approximately 35% of premenopausal women diagnosed with primary spontaneous pneumothorax meet criteria for catamenial pneumothorax.

It is typically caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Pneumothorax: A collapsed lung that occurs when air leaks into the pleural space, creating pressure on the lung and causing it to collapse.

Pleurisy, pleural effusion, and pneumothorax are the three primary pleural diseases. Common symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, and coughing.

Only the SmartUrgences algorithm, when tuned to high specificity, did not produce more false positives than radiologists in flagging pneumothorax and pleural effusion.

Pleurodesis can treat pleural effusions that are difficult to drain or keep coming back over and over. Pleural effusions caused by cancer are the most common reason for VATS pleurodesis. Pneumothorax.

Use of routine thoracentesis in addition to medical therapy yielded no significant benefits for adults with heart failure and pleural effusions, according to a new study. For patients with acute ...

Radiologists had a lower rate of false positives when detecting airspace disease, pneumothorax and pleural effusion on chest X-rays compared with artificial intelligence tools, according to ...

Airspace disease, pleural effusions, and pneumothorax were identified on 393, 78, and 365 chest radiographs upon reference standard examination, respectively.