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.

Effective dyspnea evaluation in urgent care requires the usage of a systems-based framework for categorizing the differential ...

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.

Fudan University has disclosed phosphatidylcholine:ceramide cholinephosphotransferase 2 (SGMS2; SMS2) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, dry eye, pulmonary ...

Both the federal government and South Carolina carry out the lethal injections using a single drug, pentobarbital, a powerful ...

A South Carolina man on death row has chosen death by firing squad as his method of execution, his lawyer said Friday. If his ...

Altitude sickness, also known as Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), occurs when the body struggles to adjust to lower oxygen ...

When the first night at camp a woman ran into our camp near Sphinx Creek shouting that her partner was sick and having ...

Severe AMS requires immediate descent to lower altitudes (2,000 - 4,000 feet [610-1,220 meters]). There are two other severe forms of altitude illness, High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High ...

There was no difference among the three groups in age, sex or primary diagnosis. Pulmonary edema before cardiac arrest occurred frequently in all three groups but did not correlate well with the ...