“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...

Patients with IPF and emphysema who received antifibrotic agents had similar outcomes to patients with IPF alone.

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Mark T. Dransfield, MD; George R. Washko, MD; Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, FCCP; Raul San Jose Estepar, PhD; John Reilly, MD, FCCP; William C. Bailey, MD, FCCP Table 4 ...

For adults with a history of smoking undergoing low-dose CT for lung cancer screening, emphysema is predictive of mortality up to 25 years.

The median age at the time of death from all causes was 81, and from COPD, cardiovascular disease, and other causes, it was 81, 82, and 81 years, respectively. A statistical analysis of associations ...

Women face a higher risk of lung damage compared to men, even if they have never smoked. Research shows that biological ...

Paul Petruccione was doing yard work the day after he came home from Saint Francis Hospital, having undergone a procedure to treat his emphysema and COPD. That’s after he got up at 4:30 a.m. and ...