tissue, atelectasis is not synonymous with a pneumothorax, which is a more specific condition that can cause atelectasis. Acute atelectasis may occur...
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Silent sinus syndrome (redirect from Chronic maxillary atelectasis)
Silent sinus syndrome is a subtype of stage three chronic maxillary atelectasis. The distinguishing factor is that in silent sinus syndrome, there is...
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Thorax (section Atelectasis)
diseases or conditions that affect the chest include pleurisy, flail chest, atelectasis, and the most common condition, chest pain. These conditions can be hereditary...
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Tympanic membrane retraction (redirect from Tympanic membrane atelectasis)
Wieringa MH; Bruce IA (2007). "The Erasmus atelectasis classification: proposal of a new classification for atelectasis of the middle ear in children". Laryngoscope...
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Asbestos-related diseases (section Rounded atelectasis)
diffuse pleural thickening, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, rounded atelectasis and malignancies such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. People...
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Mediastinal shift (section Atelectasis)
the mass. Atelectasis is the partial collapse of a lung that is reversible. There are numerous etiologies, including post-operative atelectasis, surfactant...
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for further injury Cyclic atelectasis is particularly common in an injured lung Overdistension of alveoli and cyclic atelectasis (atelectotrauma) are the...
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Oxygen therapy (redirect from Absorption atelectasis)
leading to atelectasis. It is thought that higher fractions of inhaled oxygen (FIO2) are associated with increasing rates of atelectasis in the clinical...
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lung atelectasis, which is a term used to describe a collapsing of the functional units of the lung that allow for gas exchange. Because atelectasis occurs...
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infections, infections of an abdominal incision or an episiotomy, and atelectasis. Due to the risks following caesarean section, it is recommended that...
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