Diaphragm Disorders: eMedicine Pulmonology

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Diaphragm Disorders: eMedicine Pulmonology

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Overview: The diaphragm is the major muscle of respiration and separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities. The body relies on the diaphragm for normal respiratory function. Contraction of the diaphragm has following functions: (1) decreasing intrapleural pressure, ...

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Tags: Lung, Muscle, Disease and Condition, Pulmonology

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: eMedicine Pulmonology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that involves cessation or significant decrease in airflow in the presence of breathing effort. Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of upper airway ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Preoperative scoring system for predicting sleep apnea in surgical patients. Check the 2010 update to the OSA article: http://bit.ly/d5TKDT

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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: eMedicine Pulmonology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disorder of unknown etiology characterized by alveolar filling with floccular material that stains positive using the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) method and is derived from surfactant phospholipids and protein ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Central Sleep Apnea: eMedicine Pulmonology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The term central sleep apnea encompasses a heterogeneous group of sleep-related breathing disorders in which respiratory effort is diminished or absent in an intermittent or cyclical fashion.1 In most cases, central sleep apnea is associated ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Does central sleep apnea always require treatment? See the newly updated Pulmonology article at http://bit.ly/dCeJZB

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