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 ...

(HealthDay News) — Chest computed tomography (CT) is increasingly being used, and can provide additional insight, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to research published in ...

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

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.

Is your chest crooked, uneven, or asymmetrical? An uneven chest is more common than you may think. It can be the result of relatively uncomplicated causes that are simple to address or may be the ...

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 ...

Chest and abdominal pain can result from mild and serious health conditions, ranging from gas to appendicitis or a heart attack. You may also have additional symptoms. Chest pain and abdominal pain ...

The diagnostics advisory committee considered evidence on software with artificial intelligence (AI)‑derived algorithms for detecting and measuring lung nodules and other abnormalities in chest X‑ray ...

A person may experience chest pain and dizziness separately or simultaneously. Triggers can include anxiety, panic attacks, and overexertion during exercise. However, it may also occur due to a heart ...