How to Use pulmonary in a Sentence

pulmonary

adjective
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  • The fifth, a five-month-old, died in 1975 from acute pulmonary edema.
    — Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • His son Jeff Sarokin said the cause was pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Joseph P. Fried, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • The blood clots can travel to your lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her cousin Sara Kambestad.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • His cause of death was a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, The New York Times reported.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Mensah was on the team but sidelined by a pulmonary embolism.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The 2017 research shows that the cause of death in the majority of these cases was a pulmonary fat embolism.
    — Melanie Rud, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said Michael McGowan, his husband.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • To look for blood clots in the lung, or a pulmonary embolism, your doctor would order a CT scan with contrast.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • His son, Sam, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • For example, a pulmonary infection can leave scars in the lungs or trigger blood clots.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The device pulls blood out of the body to oxygenate and ventilate it, functioning like pulmonary bypass at the bedside.
    — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Andrew Ladores passed on June 2 at the age of 49 due to pulmonary embolism that irreparably damaged his lungs and kidneys.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Heche, 53, suffered burns and a pulmonary injury in the crash and was in critical condition as of Monday evening.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That means his heart was filled with holes and the pulmonary valve was too narrow, according to his family, who lives in Nashville.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Meanwhile, high-altitude pulmonary edema happens when the blood vessels in the lungs begin to leak fluid and fill up the lungs.
    — Allie Conti, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • His son, Ermanno Taviani, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was pulmonary edema.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The emergency rule limited them to no more than three, and required the use of an ultrasound to help surgeons lower the risk of a pulmonary fat clot.
    — Daniel Chang, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Irene and her husband moved onto the property after Paul passed away from a pulmonary embolism two years ago.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
  • Heartworm is a parasite that causes a pulmonary disease in pets like dogs, cats and ferrets.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2022
  • In 84% of them, the deceased showed signs of pulmonary edema, which causes a feeling of drowning and suffocating.
    — Renuka Rayasam, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The 63-year-old retired nurse had pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease that happens when the lung’s tissue thickens.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • If the fat accidentally enters one of the large blood vessels found in that region, a clot can block blood flow to part of the lung, causing a lethal pulmonary embolism.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In rare cases, sub-acute and chronic cough can be a sign of lung cancer or various forms of chronic pulmonary disease.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • An X-ray revealed that Yeni had once again developed pulmonary edema.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • There was one case of pulmonary embolism and one case of hemorrhagic stroke, but researchers say these were not caused by the vaccination.
    — Wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 June 2023
  • Ron’s 30-year-old sister, Christina Marie DeSantis, had died of a pulmonary embolism.
    — Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
  • His death was attributed to an acute coronary event and high-altitude pulmonary edema.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • These types of comments really stick in my craw because my son passed away suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 25, while on his honeymoon.
    — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Tjay had five torso wounds that had ravaged his insides, and being an asthmatic had him in a worse pulmonary state than the average person.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023

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