Listen for symmetry of breath sounds, comparing the right side to the left side starting from the top of the chest to the diaphragm and listening over the anterior, medial, and posterior lung fields.

Auscultation is a medical term for listening to sounds from certain organs, typically while using a stethoscope. A healthcare provider can auscultate the heart, lungs, or stomach for certain sounds to ...

2 School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Background Intermediate and posterior manifestations of vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) are well characterised. However, there is ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life ...

Lung cancer screening aims to find lung cancer early. This is when there are more treatment options available and there is the best chance of treating it successfully. In the UK, the National ...

Lung neuroendocrine cancers are lung cancers that develop in the neuroendocrine cells of the lung. Your healthcare team might also call them lung neuroendocrine neoplasms (lung NENs). But this means ...

This important study measures the functional specialization of distinct subregions within the mouse posterior parietal cortex (PPC) using mesoscopic two-photon calcium imaging during visual ...

Despite new paradigm-shifting treatments, lung cancer remains a deadly disease – and improving outcomes requires more than just drug research. The new Lung Ambition Alliance – launched in July ...

A heart-lung machine is a piece of medical equipment that temporarily takes over the work of the heart and lungs, circulating oxygenated blood throughout the body. Also called a cardiopulmonary bypass ...