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Scarring of the lunch may or may not be deadly, depending on the severity. Subsegmental atelectasis is deadly, as it is a collapsed lung.
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What is bibasilar subsegmental atelectasis?
A subsegmental atelectasis is a collapsed lung due to an obstructed bronchus. Symptoms include an increase in temperature, a drop in blood pressure or a person may have no symptoms at all.
What is the name for a collapse lung?
atelectasis
What is the scientific name for a collapsed lung?
atelectasis
What part of the body does atelectasis affect?
Lung
What does apical lung scarring mean?
What does mild apical lung scarring mean from the imaged lung apices?
What is an atelectasis?
An atelectasis is a collapse of a part or of the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
What is the medical term meaning airlessness of a lung?
atelectasis
Atelectasis renders the lung useless for ventilation?
true
What does apical scarring mean?
What does mild apical lung scarring mean from the imaged lung apices?
Make a sentence with the word atelectasis?
The man was suffering from atelectasis and almost died. This word describes a lung that has collapsed completely or partially.
What is difference between pneumothorax and atelectasis?
Atelectasis is a partial collapse of the lung caused by failure of the parenchymal (functional) lung tissue due to disease (i.e., COPD). Pneumothorax is the collapse of the lung due to mechanical causes (i.e., traumatic injury, violent coughing).
What is the difference between atelectasis and pneumonia?
Atelectasis is the collapsing of a lungwhen there is an interference with the natural forces that promote lung expansion. Pneumonia is an inflammatory process and infection, usually involving fluid in the lungs.Atelectasis is basically a collapsed lung.
