For most clinicians, the definition of pneumonia is the presence of an abnormal opacity on chest X-ray and symptoms of respiratory infection such as cough, mucus production, fever,... The radiological signs of infection of the lower bronchial tree can be covered by other lung diseases and thes...
By definition, diseases that produce consolidation are characterized by a replacement of alveolar air by fluid, cells, tissue, or some other substance (see Table 1). In the setting of chronic diffuse infiltrative lung diseases, consolidation is seen in chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, bronchiolitis ...
Although anyone of any age can be affected, pneumonia is more common in elderly people and often occurs when the immune system becomes weakened via a prior infection or another condition. Pneumonia is generally more serious when it affects older adults, infants, and young children, those with ...
The signs and symptoms ofsyphilisvary based on the stage of the infection. There are four stages in all, each with distinct features. Some symptoms are "classic," meaning clear signs of the disease, while others are non-specific and easily confused for other conditions.1 Because syphilis mimic...
Pneumonia, a lung infection, can cause coughing, hacking, or wheezing. You might think it’s just a cold or the flu. How can you tell the difference? Your other symptoms can give you some clues. A cough is a common symptom of pneumonia. And you may also cough up mucus that's greeni...
Post-COVID-19 condition symptoms among emergency department patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection In this study of more than 6500 emergency department patients, symptoms consistent with Long COVID are reported by 38.9% of SARS-CoV-2 test-positive and 20.7% of test-negative patients three mont...
Infection rates are typically higher during cold winter months, causing bronchiolitis in babies, common cold in adults and more serious respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia in elderly and immunocompromised people. Survival rate of RSV in infants The mortality rate of RSV in babies depends on the ...
Acute pancreatitis can trigger fatal complications including heart, lung, or kidney failure. In addition to the pancreatic complications, a bowel obstruction can sometimes occur, either as the result of thicker and stickier stools (referred to as distal intestinal obstruction syndrome in adults) orintu...
Signs ad symptoms of bronchitis are numerous. There are productive cough attacks during winter, lack of oxygen, whistling sounds coming from chest especially in morning etc. The good thing is that your grandmother did not show any of these signs until now. But that does not mean that she won...
The evolution of lung computed tomography findings in COVID-19 from 2020 to 2023: more signs of co-infectiondoi:10.1183/23120541.00727-2023Romagny, SabrinaSixt, ThibaultMoretto, FlorianRay, PatrickRicolfi, FredericPiroth, LionelBlot, Mathieu