What is peak flow measurement? Peak flow measurement is a quick test to measure air flow out ... PFM can also be used to assess other lung problems, such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

The D2 can also detect arterial stiffness and performs a sleep analysis. The launch of the Watch D2 as a medical wearable with blood pressure and ECG function marks an important step forward on the ...

The first known autopsy description of PH was made in 1891 by Dr Ernst von Romberg, a German physician who described a case of sclerosis of the pulmonary artery. In 1929, another German physician ...

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) occurs when a large, negative intrathoracic pressure is generated against an obstructed upper airway, causing fluid to shift into the lung interstitium.

Background: Echocardiographic indicators of pulmonary hypertension have been reported to predict decreased survival in lung cancer. We sought to test the hypothesis that this may be associated with ...

the walls of the pulmonary artery become stiff, damaged and narrow and the amount of oxygen going out to the rest of the body drops to dangerously low levels. Sensing the low levels of oxygen, the ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a specific form of pulmonary hypertension, characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs due to obstruction in the small arteries. This progressive disease ...