The trachea, also called the windpipe, is part of the passageway that supplies air to the lungs. Any prolonged blockage, even for a few minutes, can cause death. The trachea is about 4.5 inches long ...

Placement of a double-lumen endotracheal tube is an airway-management technique that permits isolation and selective ventilation of a single lung. Double-lumen tubes are bifurcated into a bronchial ...

A female infant presented with a month-long history of dry cough, along with two episodes of fever and increased work of ...

For most of the 97 million Americans who have had COVID, it’s a few days of aches, pains, and fatigue. But for some, the symptoms just don’t go away -- they are called COVID long haulers. And now, the ...

Dr. George A. Alba: A 57-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of persistent cough and pulmonary opacities. Six years before the current admission, the patient received a diagnosis of ...

The COVID-19 virus spreads via mucus once inside an infected airway, allowing it to reach into the lower lungs, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications. More than ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Ninety-seven million Americans have had COVID. For most of us, it’s a few days of aches, pains, and fatigue. But for some, the symptoms just don’t go away.