He presented to the emergency department where an ECG (see figure 1) and a chest x-ray were taken. He was discharged home with a diagnosis of musculoskeletal chest pain. Later that evening, he had a recurrent episode of chest pain with diaphoresis, shortness of breath and nausea. On ...
This may lead it to yank downwards hence stressing your spine hence putting more pressure on your lower back and hips. To ensure that you do not experience this, sleep with a pillow between your knees while pulling your legs slightly towards your chest.… Read More How to choose the best...
Waist to Hip Ratio determines distribution of body fat. More body fat in the upper body (chest and waist) suggests increased health risk for elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, stroke, longer time to conceive, heart disease or diabetes. More body fat in the lower body (hips and thig...
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This study aimed to develop and validate computer-aided diagnosis (CXDx) system for classification between COVID-19 pneumonia, non-COVID-19 pneumonia, and the healthy on chest X-ray (CXR) images. From two public datasets, 1248 CXR images were obtained, w
Complaints of chest tightness Repeated episodes of suspected bronchitis or pneumonia Asthma management in developing young children is especially important because according to the American Lung Association, if left untreated, it can lead to airway remodeling, a condition in which the lungs become scarred...
Chest x-ray showed cardiomegaly with bilateral hilar con- gestion (Fig. 1). Computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiogram revealed distal pulmonary embolisms in infe- rior lingular segment at the upper lobe, lateral and pos- terior segments in lower lobe with associated infarctions (Figs. ...
One strength of our study was that we carefully and strictly excluded subjects with pulmonary diseases using detailed questionnaires, pulmonary function tests, chest X-ray findings, and by direct asking by doctors for non-asthmatic subjects. However, we were not able to ascertain information ...
The subjects underwent a clinical examination survey including questionnaires, assessment of cardiovascular risk factors, chest x-ray, dynamic spirometry and symptom-limited exercise test. The survey was repeated in 1989–1990 [19]. Of the 2014 subjects enrolled at the baseline survey, 391 were ...
(yes, abnormal nucleic acid testing, antigen test- ing, virus culture isolation or serological test results), option 3 (presence of clinical symptoms of COVID-19 infection), option 4 (abnormal clinical test results: such as chest X-ray, chest CT test, lung function, blood oxy- gen ...