Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Orthopnea is the sensation of breathlessness when lying down that goes away when ...

Eastern Hospital has introduced its latest 3D printed model of newborn babies' lungs to help doctors practise surgical ...

The surgical team of Indore’s Super Speciality Hospital successfully operated upon a rare and challenging case of a Chest ...

Chest Drainage System Market. The global chest drainage system market is poised for continued growth, with sales projected to ...

There are two pleura, one for each lung. Each pleura is a single membrane that folds back on itself to form two layers. The space between the membranes (called the pleural cavity or intrapleural space ...

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

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Concentrating light into such a small volume increases the strength of light–matter interactions, and can alter the spontaneous emission from a light source inside the cavity. Cavities can be ...

The most common site of extrapulmonary TB infection was the pleural cavity. Comorbidities associated with extrapulmonary TB include diabetes mellitus, HIV and severe kidney disease. A large study ...

Peritoneal washing (abdominopelvic washing) is a procedure used to diagnose whether certain types of cancer are present in the peritoneal cavity—the space between the membranes that line the abdomen.