Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a pulmonary disease occurring in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis, consequent to a dysregulated immune response to inhaled Aspergillus conidia.

We chose to term the syndrome of chronic lung disease described above as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) to emphasize the involvement of all the tissues of the lung in the pathologic process.

Johns Hopkins pediatric pulmonologist J. Michael Collaco discusses his research regarding chronic lung disease of prematurity, which is also called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Babies born ...

Objectives To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. Methods A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study ...

Objectives To determine the costs directly or indirectly related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants. The secondary objective was to stratify the costs based on gestational age ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

JS collected the data, analysed the data, reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript as submitted. GJ developed the algorithms used for the calculation of shunt, shift and VA/Q, ...

The bronchial arteries also supply the visceral pleura. About two-thirds of the bronchial capillary blood is thought to drain into anastomoses or communicating vessels that empty into the pulmonary ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

Senescence refers to a cellular state marked by irreversible cell cycle arrest and the secretion of pro-inflammatory and tissue-remodeling factors. The senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) ...