Chronic respiratory disorders are one of the primary causes of death in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but they remain incompletely understood in this population. 1 Identifying diaphragm ...

Pediatric respiratory testing rates increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with sustained high levels through 2023. Testing was more frequent in children with complex chronic conditions ...

Your diaphragm is a thin muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm tightens and expands your chest cavity. A paralyzed diaphragm doesn’t tighten as it should when ...

Opportunities lie in integrating advanced diagnostics and digital solutions, leveraging partnerships, and enhancing supply resilience to meet growing demands in respiratory disease testing.

New TAGS (Temperature-Activated Generation of Signal) technology enables up to 15 targets to be detected simultaneously in a single patient sample on the high throughput molecular diagnostic analysers ...

Technique for neuromuscular ultrasound examination of hemi-diaphragm. Image Credit: medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.10.20244509v1.full.pdf This news article was a ...

A weakened diaphragm could be related to the persistent shortness of breath some people experience long after COVID-19 hospitalization, a small study suggested. Whether patients had received ...

Surface electromyography (sEMG) has emerged as a non-invasive modality for assessing respiratory muscle activity, including ...

The phrenic nerve is the nerve that controls your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that helps you breathe. The diaphragm muscles expand and tighten the lungs to help you draw air into them. The ...

The respiratory system allows air to reach the lungs, from which oxygen enters the blood and circulates to all body cells. This system also removes waste gases from the body and helps prevent disease ...