In light of Pope Francis’ pneumonia diagnosis, Dr. Leana Wen explains why older adults are especially at risk for serious disease due to respiratory infections.

Patient 79 years old, female, who came to the Emergency Department with complaints of epigastralgia with two weeks of evolution and aggravation last night. She denied another accompanying ...

Objectives To investigate short-term prognosis and prognostic factors for connective tissue disease-associated pneumocystis pneumonia (CTD-PCP ... nodosa), M329 (dermatomyositis), M354 (eosinophilic ...

The durations of symptoms prior to hospital admission was within 2 weeks (mean, 3.5 days; range, 1 to 11 days), indicating acute onset of ... a maker of interstitial pneumonia.

recommendations are presented for the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH, from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill ...

Pneumonia symptoms can vary based on the cause and severity of the lung infection. For some, it might feel similar to the flu or be barely noticeable. For others, pneumonia can cause severe ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) occurs when white blood cells called eosinophils build up in the esophagus, the tube that moves food and liquids from the throat to the stomach. This buildup of ...

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA ... She was noted to have pansinusitis and was started on amoxicillin‐clavulanic acid without improvement. She noted acute right upper extremity ...