RESPIRATORY CARE: Pulmonary Emboli
Saturday, September 12th, 2009Here is an illustration that may help you understand what is a pulmonary emboli.Duration : 0:1:53
Archive for the ‘pulmonary disease’ Category
Here is an illustration that may help you understand what is a pulmonary emboli.Duration : 0:1:53
What is HYPERCAPNIA? The sentence reads ‘…chronic pulmonary disease related to acute HYPERCAPNIA…’.
Friday, September 11th, 2009When you breathe you take in oxygen and also breathe out carbondioxide whcih is a waste product. In diseases of the lung the ability of the lung to excrete carbondioxide becomes impaired. As a consequence more of carbondioxide remains in the body. You can measure this in the blood and ...
How can we make more people aware of a rare, orphan disease such as Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Pulmonary hypertension is a rare blood vessel disorder of the lung in which the pressure in the pulmonary artery (the blood vessel that leads from the heart to the lungs) rises above normal levels and may become life threatening. Symptoms of pulmonary hypertension include shortness of breath with minimal exertion, ...
Marijuana: Compassion & Common Sense – Season 1 Show #024
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Dr. Donald Tashkin of UCLA Geffin School of medicine talks to Lanny about the effects of cannabis (marijuana, pot, herb, smoke, etc) on the lungs. Dr. Tashkin reveals the results of his study on the effects to the lungs, effects on congestive obstructive pulmonary disease, and the minor irritation ...
About Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis?
Monday, September 7th, 2009I know little about this lung disease... I know my Grandma died from it in 2005 and I decided to write one of my course essays about it but I can't find the following thing out and I need to know: who discovered it when was the first case reported what are are ...
COPD Torrance Memorial Medical Minute
Sunday, September 6th, 2009Dr. Katie Bannerman reports on the effects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseDuration : 0:1:44
Anyone have pulmonary heart disease? Any helpful hints?
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009My Mom just found out that she has Pulmonary Heart disease.Is there anything that you can recommend to help her know more about this and what to do or not do?Please Help if you have any info. Thank you so much Does she smoke? If she does, she should definately ...
COPD Advice- YouTube
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009This short video, produced by Breathe New Hampshire, is a compilation of COPD patients, healthcare professionals, and caregivers offering candid and useful advice to those who are living with COPD. (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)Duration : 0:9:28
B/w bronchiectasis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis which is a more serious and damaging disease ?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Which is a more serious and damaging disease ? They both could be serious and damaging .... there are some pulmonary fibrotic disorders that cause severe hemoptysis and eventually death
Mistakenly Swallowing Inhaler Capsules (May 2008)
Monday, August 31st, 2009FDA has issued an advisory about the danger of mistakenly swallowing Spiriva (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) and Foradil (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder) inhalation capsules. These capsules are intended to be used with inhalation devices to treat patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. FDA and the American ociation of Poison ...