Research shows RSV leads to high hospitalization rates in adults, emphasizing the importance of enhanced surveillance and ...

A 52-year-old man was evaluated in a hospital in Argentina for fever and hypoxemic respiratory failure. Imaging showed pulmonary opacities, and the hematocrit was 56.9%. A diagnosis was made.

In reference studies on respiratory muscle strength, MIP and MEP values of 74.2 and 66.7%, respectively, were reported in stroke patients compared with healthy controls 3, and another study reported ...

The study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial performed on 140 patients who underwent heart surgery and had a chest tube in Shiraz, Iran. The samples were randomly divided into four groups: 1 ...

Who Should Train? Employees or students who must wear a respirator during the course of their employment/study. This includes medical, dental, and nursing students. For full-face and half-face ...

The new CDC study suggests that the virus has infected more humans than previously reported. As of this week, bird flu has been detected in 10,528 wild birds, roughly 105.2 million poultry and 443 ...

Respiratory infections can be severe, even deadly, in some individuals, but not in others. Scientists have gained new understanding of why this is the case by uncovering an early molecular driver ...

Genome sequences are critical. By checking the virus's genes in each new human case, no matter how mild the symptoms, scientists can identify any fresh mutations that help it adapt to humans.

Charles Maldarelli, Respiratory distress when a lung surfactant loses one of its two hydrophobic tails, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320426121 ...

In our systematic review we found 32 observational and experimental studies on the topic, conducted between 1970 and 2022. Overall, the evidence was that these technologies did not reduce either ...

This report describes the case of a patient bitten by a rattlesnake who rapidly developed signs of respiratory muscle paralysis, necessitating ventilatory support. This is the first case report of ...