There was also a small amount of fluid in the left pleural cavity ... CT of the chest 12 months after surgery. Currently, reports on mixed PS are relatively scarce, especially with no clear cases ...

Some of these require procedures like thoracentesis, chest tubes, or pleurodesis to drain air, fluid, blood, or pus from the pleural cavity. Surgery is also sometimes needed. Charalampidis C, ...

This action decreases pressure and increases the space in the thoracic cavity, allowing your lungs to expand as you inhale ... A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's ...

Today, Australian researchers reveal how multiple chemicals found in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of immune cell found in the lungs. Cigarette smoking is known ...

Research is still in the early stages of how vaping affects lungs – but worrying conditions, like ‘popcorn lung’, are on the rise. Dr Stephen Broderick, of John Hopkins Medicine, has now ...

Breathing is something we do every moment, yet we rarely think about the health of our lungs until a problem arises. With rising pollution levels, smoking, and other environmental toxins ...

Jean C. Pfau, Ph.D. from the Center for Asbestos-Related Disease and Kinta Serve from Idaho State University, provide their perspective on asbestos, the pleural cavity, and autoimmune disease Asbestos ...

Introduction: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM ... Methods: An in vitro model was set-up to characterize the headspace VOC profiles of six MPM and two lung cancer cell lines using thermal ...