BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism(PE)requires a high degree of clinical suspicion for its diagnosis and can mimic pneumonia due to its clinical,radiological,and laboratory findings.Co-existence of PE and pneumonia can als...
The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic has had a tremendous adverse impact on the global health system,public sector,and social aspects.It is unarguably the worst pandemic of the century.However,COVID-19 manag...
BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH)is a disease of the arterioles resulting in an increased resistance in pulmonary circulation with associated high pressures in the pulmonary arteries,causing irreversible...
BACKGROUND The incidence of secondary coinfections particularly fungal infections among severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)is not well described.Little is known of the complications that could ...
BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism,which includes deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism,is a well-known causal disorder with high morbidity and mortality rates.Inherited or acquired conditions affecting compone...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide.One of the most important features of this disease is exacerbations where a patient’s respiratory symptoms ...
BACKGROUND In the obese patient population,some patients have severe obstructive sleep apnea(OSA)with daytime hypoventilation.Such patients are generally identified on the basis of the presence or absence of daytime h...
Subsegmental pulmonary embolism(SSPE) affects the 4 th division and more distal pulmonary arterial branches. SSPE can be isolated or affect multiple subsegments, be symptomatic or incidental(unsuspected) and may or ma...
Many problems regarding structure-function relationships have remained unsolved in the field of respiratory physiology. In the present review, we highlighted these uncertain issues from a variety of anatomical and phy...
Heart failure (HF) is known to be associated with sleep-disordered breathing(SDB). In addition to disturbing patients’ sleep, SDB is also associated with a deterioration in the cardiac function and an increased morta...