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.

Congestive heart failure was defined as the presence of pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or a combination of two or more of these findings, in cats with atrial enlargement.

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 ... from ...

Dr. Annie Liu (Medicine): A 35-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of shortness of breath and edema in the legs. Eight weeks before the current presentation, the patient was ...

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 ...