Category: Health (A – Z)

Airway Management/To be skillful at airway management, the provider must have knowledge of the important anatomical, physiological and pathological features related to the airway....

Tracheobronchial tear or laceration or injury is an uncommon injury to the tracheobronchial tree, usually involving the trachea or both the right and left...

What Is Bacterial Tracheitis?/Bacterial Tracheitis was first described in medical literature in the 1920s despite the name not being coined until much later. The...

Bacterial Tracheitis was first described in medical literature in the 1920s despite the name not being coined until much later. The disease was initially...

Tracheal Trauma may follow from either cervical or thoracic injury; cervical injuries tend to be more visible and obvious; thoracic injury may go unnoticed....

Acute Bronchitis is an inflammation of the large airways of the lung. It is a common clinical presentation to an emergency department, urgent care...

The Bronchiectasis/Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition characterized by permanent and irreversible dilatation of the bronchial airways and impairment of the mucociliary transport mechanism due...

Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition characterized by permanent and irreversible dilatation of the bronchial airways and impairment of the mucociliary transport mechanism due to...

Pleurisy is a symptom characterized by localized chest pain caused by a disease-causing inflammation of the pleura. Pleurisy can be caused by a primary pleural...

A pleura is a serous membrane that folds back on itself to form a two-layered membranous pleural sac. The outer layer is called the...

Diaphragmatic Eventration (DE) is the abnormal elevation of a portion or entire hemidiaphragm due to a lack of muscle or nerve function while maintaining...

The Phrenic Nerve originates from the anterior rami of C3 through C5 and traverses the neck, heart, and lungs to reach the diaphragm. From...

A Diaphragmatic Hernia (DH) is a protrusion of abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity as a result of a defect within the diaphragm. It...

Diaphragm Injury/The diaphragm is the arched, flat muscular structure that divides the thorax from the abdominal cavity. Diaphragmatic injuries are relatively uncommon, representing less...

Diaphragm Rupture/The diaphragm is the arched, flat muscular structure that divides the thorax from the abdominal cavity. Diaphragmatic injuries are relatively uncommon, representing less...

Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis is a rare cause of respiratory failure that is poorly recognized and underdiagnosed. There is often a delay in making the...

Diaphragmatic Paralysis is a condition in which either the right or left side of the diaphragm loses the ability to contract to allow proper...

Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis is a condition in which either the right or left side of the diaphragm loses the ability to contract to allow...

The Thoracic Diaphragm or simply the diaphragm, is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle[rx] in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity. The diaphragm separates the thoracic...

The Hand Metacarpophalangeal (MP or MCP) Joint, also known as “the knuckle,” is formed by the articulation of the metacarpal head and proximal phalanx....