Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow down your overall risk here.

Water retention can also happen in the stomach (ascites), lungs (pulmonary edema), or in the chest around the lungs (pleural effusion). Water retention can be temporary and mild, like after an ...

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 ...

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) occurs when a large, negative intrathoracic pressure is generated against an obstructed upper airway, causing fluid to shift into the lung interstitium.

Indications for amiodarone treatment were categorized as the primary therapeutic target of SVT, VT, or both SVT and VT. Congestive heart failure was defined as the presence of pulmonary edema, pleural ...

The lungs are also affected by eosinophilic infiltration, and 70% of patients have peripheral reticulonodular or consolidative pulmonary opacities on chest x-rays. Pleural effusion and hilar or ...

Our hypothesis is that LUS is a relevant tool to highlight the evolution of pulmonary lesions in IPF. The main objective of our study is to show an increase in one or more of the three main LUS signs ...