Polarean Highlights New CHEST Journal Study Demonstrating Xenon MRI Predicts Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations

The study, titled “Structural and Functional Pulmonary MRI to Predict Pulmonary Exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis,” analyzed imaging and clinical data from 106 individuals with CF who were imaged and ...
Medical Dialogues

Chest radiography effective as pulmonary function tests for COPD screening: Study

A recent study published in the journal of Radiology showed that dynamic chest radiography (DCR) may serve as an effective ...
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Physicians lead effort to end race-based bias in lung function testing

Last July, a team of physicians and researchers successfully proposed modifications to the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, advocating against the ...
Medscape

Strategies for Detecting and Managing Age-Related Lung Decline

When it comes to determining how or why some of her patients initially present with more significant lung destruction, MeiLan K. Han, MD, likened the role of the pulmonologist to that of a forensic ...