Sputum sounds are a consistent characteristic of every breath in pneumonia patients. Based on this, this research have designed a novel portable continuous monitoring system that collects 30 seconds ...

Background: A wide variety of surfactant preparations are used to prevent or treat respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm infants. All commercially available animal-derived surfactant products ...

Background: A study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of reported respiratory symptoms in a population aged over 75 years and their association with mortality. Methods: A total of 14 458 people ...

Respiratory samples Three studies (67 children, eight positive for tuberculosis) used respiratory samples (sputum (phlegm), bronchoalveolar lavage (⁠fluid obtained after washing the airway and lungs), ...

The sputum sample was processed using established methods 17 and samples processed for differential cell count and supernatants aliquoted and frozen (−70°C) for later analysis.