Browsing: Respiratory System

Tracheostomy is a surgery for creating an opening through neck into windpipe or trachea. Usually, a pipe is placed through the opening to furnish an airway…

Empyema is the accumulation of pus between the lung and the pleural space. Often this is a complication of pneumonia caused by bacteria, like Staphylococcus aureus,…

Thoracentesis is a procedure for removing fluid from the space between the lining of the outer walls of lungs, that is pleura and the chest wall.…

Most smokers suffer from the dangerous form of lung disease, emphysema. Basically, in this condition lungs start to deteriorate and looses elasticity eventually. Finally, they cease…