Autologous “blood patching” has been used successfully for the treatment of persistent air leak in patients with spontaneous secondary pneumothorax. The case history is presented of a 19 year old ...

Combined airway valve therapy in severe emphysema improves lung function and walking distance for patients with heterogeneous disease, despite some risks.

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer.. Your treatment depends on whether you have colon or rectal cancer. Your ...

A spontaneous pneumothorax may be the heralding manifestation of diffuse cystic lung disease ... They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy. Competing ...

Columnist Caroline Gainer explains how cold weather aggravates her COPD and shares the methods she uses to protect her lungs ...

Prophylactic respiratory support for patients after extubation is effective in improving their outcomes and prognosis.

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Some of the instruments produced within the Council of Europe have played a decisive role in the teaching of so-called “foreign” languages by promoting methodological innovations and new approaches to ...