Implementing Deep Inspiration Breath-Hold (DIBH) for Left-Sided Breast Cancer Radiotherapy at the Anbar Cancer Center, Iraq: ...

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Older adults, people who were very sick with COVID, and those with lung or heart problems are more likely to have ongoing ...

3 Department of Frontier Cardiovascular Science, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Correspondence to Dr Shun Minatsuki, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku 113-0033, ...

Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...

Background Prior work suggests different interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that share the radiological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern have an overall worse prognosis. However, ...

Of the 43% of study participants without pre-existing lung conditions, 70% had normal PFTs, 16% had obstructive pattern, 12% restrictive pattern, and 2.3% mixed pattern. After recovering from mild to ...

Credit: Getty Images Researchers explored the link between COVID-19 severity and PFT abnormalities, seeking factors to inform management of persistent respiratory issues. Of the 43% of study ...

Introduction: Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) exhibit exertional dyspnea and decreased exercise capacity, which are not solely attributable to right heart dysfunction. Numerous ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

Background: While body composition impacts pulmonary function, the differential effects of visceral (VAT) vs. subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in early-onset COPD remain unquantified. Objective: To ...