A recent systematic review identified only 47 cases of hypothyroid cardiac tamponade worldwide between 2000 and 2023, with notably no cases reported from Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting a significant ...

A significant link was found between active cigarette smoking and an elevated rate of pneumonia in COPD, whereas this was not ...

Challenges in respiratory vaccine development include immune response elicitation, personalized data, and alternative delivery methods like oral or intranasal routes to improve compliance. Federal ...

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Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is an inherited disease caused by a low activity of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase, a hydrolase that removes phosphate groups from many molecules. Decreased alkaline ...

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1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 2 School of Medicine, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children’s ...

Five test takers passed the special professional licensure examination (SPLE) for physical therapists, while only one test taker passed the SPLE for respiratory therapists, the Professional Regulation ...

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Glenview, Illinois – Announced at the 2025 Critical Care Congress, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is launching an educational program and formal certification exam for nurse ...

Introduction Patients with acute respiratory problems poses a diagnostic challenge because similar symptoms can be caused by various pathological conditions. Focused ultrasound examination (f-US) of ...

Background A 29-year-old woman presented with chest pressure, progressive dyspnea, fatigue, and swelling of her face, neck and upper extremities. Four days earlier, she had undergone a procedure for ...