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Absence of air in the entire or part of a lung, such as an incompletely inflated neonate lung or a collapsed adult lung. Pulmonary atelectasis can be caused by airway obstruction, lung compression, fibrotic contraction, or other factors.
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- Atelectasis
- Lung Collapse
- Atelectases
- Atelectases, Pulmonary
- Atelectasis, Pulmonary
- Collapse, Lung
- Pulmonary Atelectases
- Atelectasis, Congestive
- Compression Atelectasis
- Compression Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Congestive Atelectasis
- Congestive Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Contraction Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Postoperative Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Resorption Atelectasis
- Resorption Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Atelectases, Compression
- Atelectases, Compression Pulmonary
- Atelectases, Congestive
- Atelectases, Congestive Pulmonary
- Atelectases, Contraction Pulmonary
- Atelectases, Postoperative Pulmonary
- Atelectases, Resorption
- Atelectases, Resorption Pulmonary
- Atelectasis, Compression
- Atelectasis, Compression Pulmonary
- Atelectasis, Congestive Pulmonary
- Atelectasis, Contraction Pulmonary
- Atelectasis, Postoperative Pulmonary
- Atelectasis, Resorption
- Atelectasis, Resorption Pulmonary
- Compression Atelectases
- Compression Pulmonary Atelectases
- Congestive Atelectases
- Congestive Pulmonary Atelectases
- Contraction Pulmonary Atelectases
- Postoperative Pulmonary Atelectases
- Pulmonary Atelectases, Compression
- Pulmonary Atelectases, Congestive
- Pulmonary Atelectases, Contraction
- Pulmonary Atelectases, Postoperative
- Pulmonary Atelectases, Resorption
- Pulmonary Atelectasis, Compression
- Pulmonary Atelectasis, Congestive
- Pulmonary Atelectasis, Contraction
- Pulmonary Atelectasis, Postoperative
- Pulmonary Atelectasis, Resorption
- Resorption Atelectases
- Resorption Pulmonary Atelectases
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2009 (1963); for ATELECTASIS, CONGESTIVE use RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1976-2008
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Atelectasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001261. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001261
- Pulmonary Atelectasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelectasis
- Pulmonary Atelectasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754031