Anesthesiologists know that an overdose of pentobarbital, the barbiturate used for executions by lethal injection in Arizona ...

With the earlier definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients ... and mucus plugging of the airways. Inflammation causes fibrosis in the airways and loss of tissue adjacent ...

Patients with PAH who experience low levels of oxygen may have a poor quality of life, and vital organs may be compromised if these levels are not corrected. 6 Oxygen therapy can help patients ...

Diabetic macular edema can result in low vision or vision ... When fluid gets into the retina’s center part, called the macula, it causes swelling. This can affect vision and, in some cases ...

In this Review, we first discuss the biochemistry and pathophysiology of peroxynitrite and then focus on pharmacological strategies to attenuate the toxic effects of peroxynitrite. These include ...

Constrictive pericardial disease, selected forms of congenital heart disease, inflow obstruction, primary myocardial disease, and pressure or volume overload are each well-described causes of adverse ...

Patients will give a history of minor trauma such as contusion, insect bite, frostbite, chronic leg ulcer, or a surgical incision, and present with severe pain and edema to their health care provider.

Up to 50% of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) experience hemodynamic instability and approximately 70% of patients who die of PE experience an accelerated cascade of symptoms within the first ...

Sergio A. Giralt, MD, discusses how the pathophysiology of chronic graft-vs-host disease involves complex immune dysregulation, with CSF1R playing a crucial role in driving the differentiation of ...

Assessment of pulmonary edema. At the end of experiment, the lung wet/dry mass ratios were calculated to assess pulmonary edema. After the trapped blood was drained from the excised lungs ...

Medically reviewed by Suzanne Fisher, RD Water retention is when fluid builds up in part of your body. It is also called ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema ... What you need to know about COPD Find out how COPD affects the airways, what causes it and different ...