Allergic rhinitis and allergic sinusitis can lead to inflammation of the mucosa of the sinuses and resulting sinusitis.

Target groups for influenza immunization include persons aged 50 and older, patients with chronic disease, health care providers, and other high-risk persons.

Fluid shift into the extravascular spaces of the lungs with accompanying dyspnea, coughing, and bloody, frothy sputum is indicative of

Due to improved prevention and treatment measures for tuberculosis (TB), TB is no longer considered a public health risk.

Exposure to both primary and secondary smoke may make an individual more susceptible to any respiratory condition because the smoke is an irritant to the respiratory tract.

The cause of pneumoconiosis is Legionnaires’ disease.

The pneumonialike disease caused by bacteria that thrive in warm aquatic environments and are inhaled from moisture droplets in air conditioning units is called

Lung abscesses are often a complication of pneumonia caused by bacteria. Aspiration of food, a foreign object, bronchial stenosis, or neoplasms may cause pulmonary abscesses to form. A pulmonary abscess also may develop when a septic embolism is carried to the lung via the pulmonary circulation.

A double fracture of three or more adjacent ribs resulting in instability in the chest wall describes a patient with

In most cases the prognosis of lung cancer is good because people seek medical attention before metastasis occurs.