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What the common types of atelectasis?
Resorption atelectasis
What is posterior atelectasis?
what is bilateral posterior atelectasis of the lungs
What is dependent atelectasis?
This condition is characterized by the collapse of the alveoli. Alveoli look like tiny balloons and they exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen. General anesthesia and lung disease can lead to their collapse.
What is the name for a collapse lung?
atelectasis
What causes bibasilar atelectasis?
Mild bibasilar atelectasis is a condition where part or the entire lung collapses. It is due to an obstruction or blockage that results in the prevention of the respiratory exchange of dioxide and oxygen.
Can the gastric lap-band cause you to have bilateral lung dependent atelectasis?
It could have been caused by the preexisting obesity and poor ventilation, or by lack of adequate incentive spirometer use after the surgery, or some other cause.
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 part of the body does atelectasis affect?
Lung
What is the scientific name for a collapsed lung?
atelectasis
Is subsegmental atelectasis or scarring of the lung deadly?
Scarring of the lunch may or may not be deadly, depending on the severity. Subsegmental atelectasis is deadly, as it is a collapsed lung.
Why does a pneumothorax frequently lead to atelectasis?
A pneumothorax causes the lung to collapse, leading to decreased air flow into the lung and subsequent alveolar collapse, resulting in atelectasis. The air in the pleural space from the pneumothorax can also prevent proper lung expansion, further worsening the atelectasis.
Can you have atelectasis and pneumonia?
If you like to live dangerously!
