What these tiny sacs in the lungs do and conditions that can affect them Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Alveoli are ...

The abnormal accumulation of extravascular fluid, pulmonary edema settles in the lung interstitium and alveoli. There, it ...

Your lungs contain approximately 600 million alveoli, the tiny air sacs responsible for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide with your bloodstream. Under normal breathing patterns, many of these ...

DLCO is a type of pulmonary function test, which helps doctors see how well the lungs are functioning. DLCO measures the amount of carbon monoxide that transfers from the alveoli to red blood ...

It comes in several forms, one of which is emphysema, which causes progressive damage to the air sacs or alveoli of the lungs. Typical symptoms associated with underlying lung damage include ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli—air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing—during mechanical ventilation may cause ...