Background: Current guidelines suggest a role for clinical assessment of chest rise in determining adequacy of positive pressure ventilation (PPV). However, these guidelines do not state how chest ...

Chest pain while breathing can occur during a heart attack, which requires urgent medical attention. But there are also some other conditions that may cause chest pain while breathing. This article ...

New UK recommendations for the assessment of chest pain are prioritizing the use of CT angiography in cases where a diagnosis of stable angina cannot be excluded on the basis of a clinical assessment ...

Definitive chemoradiation for oligometastatic esophageal cancer patients. PIONEER: A multicenter, open-label, randomized phase II trial of second-line apatinib plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy ...

This video demonstrates the use of eFAST — or extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma — a point-of-care ultrasound examination performed in patients with a traumatic injury to the ...

Researchers sought to characterize the effect of the changes in the GINA 2019 recommendations in a real-world patient setting. This article is part of MPR’s coverage of the CHEST Virtual 2020 meeting.

A chest infection is a type of respiratory infection that impacts the lower part of your respiratory tract. Your lower respiratory tract includes your windpipe, bronchi, and lungs. The two most common ...

Causes of a lump on your chest can include a cyst, abscess, lipoma, or benign tumor. A doctor can diagnose the lump with imaging tests, and if they find anything, they can recommend treatment. When ...

Apollo Hospitals has successfully diagnosed and treated a complex case of angina -- chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, using advanced Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction (CMD) ...