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Atelectasis

Known as: Collapse, Lung, collapsed lungs, Pulmonary collapse 
Failure of the lung to expand (inflate) completely. This may be caused by a blocked airway, a tumor, general anesthesia, pneumonia or other lung… 
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27 relations
CDISC SEND Non-Neoplastic Finding Type TerminologyChestClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyIn Blood

Narrower (4)

Compression Pulmonary AtelectasisCongestive atelectasisPostoperative Pulmonary AtelectasisResorption Pulmonary Atelectasis

Broader (4)

Lung diseasesPerinatal atelectasisRespiratory Tract Diseasesairway disease

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Review
1999
Review
1999
Acute lobar collapse: adults and infants differ in important ways.
1985
1985
Unstable neutrinos from gravitational stellar collapse and Cygnus X-3.
1983
1983
Density of muscularized arteries in the lung: Its role in congenital heart disease and its clinical significance.
Pulmonary arteries were counted per surface area of lung sections, with a correction for the degree of lung collapse, in 31… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
Bronchospasm during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Severe bronchospasm associated with hyperinflation of, and inability to deflate, the lung during and after extracorporeal… 
1980
1980
The effect of lobar atelectasis on pleural fluid distribution in dogs.
Fluid was introduced into the pleural space in upright anesthetized, ventilated and/or spontaneously breathing dogs, and its… 
1967
1967
Asymptomatic pulmonary atelectasis in drug addicts.
Observations on 14 drug addicts revealed that under the influence of heroin, they presented signs of atelectasis on x-ray… 
1963
1963
Pulmonary hemodynamics following acute atelectasis.
Locally induced alterations in pulmonary lobar blood flow and vascular resistance produced by atelectasis, hypoxia, or… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
Pancreatic dornase aerosol in pulmonary, endotracheal and endobronchial disease.
(Vanidase), trypsin and of detergents such as alevaire has been popularized. Trypsin has been shown to be effective by many… 
1954
1954
The radiology of respiratory distress in the new born.
The importance of radiological studies of infants suffering from respiratory distress is discussed. The radiographic appearances… 
1938
1938
The Ætiology of Bronchiectasis (With special reference to Pulmonary Atelectasis)
The clinical phenomena of bronchiectasis have been well known for over a century, and, since the earliest observations of Andral…