A.B. was a 2,392-g, 38-week gestation male infant who was born by cesarean section for fetal distress to a 33-year-old white woman (gravida 3, para 0) after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Apgar scores ...

RUPTURE of one of the major bronchi is now regarded as a relatively frequent complication of severe closed thoracic trauma. 1 Although the common complications of this type of injury, including ...

Atelectasis (pronounced a-teh-LEK-tuh-sis) is a lung condition that happens when your airways or the tiny sacs at the end of them don’t expand the way they should when you breathe. Because of this, a ...

SINCE Laennec 1 first described and named bronchiectasis its etiology and mode of development have been controversial issues. Numerous theories have been advanced, each of which is backed by ...

Four examples (out of a total of nine) of X-rays classified as “abnormal, unremarkable” by the reference standard (provided independently by two board-certified thoracic radiologists, with a third ...