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| | Atelectasis aHealthyAdvantage |
 | | Atelectasis is a potential complication following surgery, especially in individuals who have undergone chest or abdominal operations resulting in associated abdominal or chest pain during breathing. | | | Anyone undergoing chest or abdominal surgery using general anesthesia is at risk to develop atelectasis, since breathing is often shallow after surgery to avoid pain from the surgical incision. | | | If atelectasis is a result of surgery, other post-operative conditions and/or complications affect the prognosis. |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL--SECOND HOME EDITION, Ch. 48, Atelectasis |
| | Acute atelectasis may also occur with an injury, usually to the chest (such as that caused by a car accident, a fall, or a stabbing). | | | Acute Atelectasis: Acute atelectasis is a common postoperative complication, especially after chest or abdominal surgery. | | | If a tumor is blocking the airway, relieving the obstruction by surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or laser therapy may prevent atelectasis from progressing and recurrent obstructive pneumonia from developing. |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 6, Ch. 71, Atelectasis |
| | Patients with established atelectasis should lie with the affected side uppermost to promote drainage (postural drainage), have appropriate physical therapy, and be encouraged to cough. | | | Atelectasis: A shrunken, airless state affecting all or part of a lung. | | | A combined approach is most effective: encouragement of coughing and deep breathing, use of nebulized bronchodilators and aerosols of water or saline to liquefy and facilitate removal of secretions, and tracheal suctioning as necessary. |
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| | Atelectasis- Health Encyclopedia and Reference |
| | Atelectasis - a collapsed or airless state of the lung - may be acute or chronic, and may involve all or part of the lung. | | | Chronic atelectasis usually requires surgical removal of the affected segment or lobe of the lung. | | | To find more information on specific conditions, please visit our partner sites: |
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| | Atelectasis is a condition in which partof the lung becomes airless and collapses. | | | Atelectasis: A shrunken, airless state affecting all or part of a lung. | | | Symptoms - Atelectasis results in sudden chest pain, difficult and rapid breathing... |
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| | Atelectasis - Talk Medical |
| | Atelectasis is a condition in which part of the lung becomes airless and collapses. | | | Atelectasis can also be a complication of surgery. | | | Atelectasis due to surgery should have no long-term effects. |
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| | Resolution of recurrent atelectasis in spinal cord injury patients with administration of recombinant human DNase. | | | Atelectasis and chest wall shape during halothane anesthesia. | | | Bloomfield FH, Teele RL, Voss M. The role of neonatal chest physiotherapy in preventing postextubation atelectasis. |
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| | eMedicine - Atelectasis : Article by Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM |
| | Prevention of further atelectasis involves (1) placing the patient in such a position that the uninvolved side is dependent to promote increased drainage of the affected area, (2) giving vigorous chest physiotherapy, and (3) encouraging the patient to cough and to breathe deeply. | | | Pulmonary atelectasis is one of the most commonly encountered abnormalities in chest radiology findings. | | | Early ambulation of patients after surgery has also been found to be as effective as physical therapy. |
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| | Massive collapse in acute atelectasis causes marked dyspnoea, cyanosis, tachycardia, chest pain and fever. | | | If a tumour is blocking the airway, alleviating the obstruction by surgery or other means may prevent atelectasis from progressing and recurrent obstructive pneumonia from developing. | | | After surgery -- especially chest or abdominal surgery -- breathing is often shallow, and the lower parts of the lung does not expand properly. |
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| | eMedicine - Atelectasis, Pulmonary : Article by Michael R Bye, MD |
| | Children with neuromuscular disease, children after surgery, and those with chest pain benefit from chest physical therapy to reduce the likelihood of developing more atelectasis; whether these procedures treat the existing atelectasis is not clear. | | | Continued therapy is necessary to attempt to eliminate the atelectasis and to prevent further episodes. | | | This may occur in children with neuromuscular disease, those who have had recent thoracic or upper abdominal surgery, those on medications that decrease their minute ventilation (such as narcotics), and those with abnormally small chest walls, which may be less compliant than the normal chest wall. |
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| | Atelectasis is a condition where a portion of the lung has collapsed or is not able to completely expand. | | | The therapist uses different techniques to help clear mucous from the lung. | | | If you have a chronic lung or heart condition, follow your doctor's advice for managing the disease and limiting complications. |
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| | Atelectasis secondary to an obstructing neoplasm may require surgery or radiation therapy. | | | Postoperative thoracic or abdominal surgery patients require analgesics to facilitate deep breathing, which minimizes the risk of atelectasis | | | Dyspnea (labored or difficulty breathing), may be mild and subside without treatment if atelectasis involves only a small area of the lung. |
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| | ATELECTASIS |
| | Symptoms of atelectasis include low-grade fever, dry cough, chest pains, and mild shortness of breath. | | | Mild post-operative atelectasis is treated with deep breathing exercises and respiratory therapy. | | | Atelectasis secondary to carcinoma will often be managed using bronchoscopy. |
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| | Atelectasis -- eCureMe.com |
| | Atelectasis is the medical term for collapse of areas of the alveoli in the lungs. | | | Atelectasis may occur because part of the airway above the atelectasis becomes obstructed (for example, from a lung tumor), or from simple disuse (often after surgery, patients tend not to breathe as deeply, and part of the airways collapses). | | | In simple terms, areas of lung normally involved with the exchange of air collapse and no longer function (this is not the same as a |
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| | Rounded atelectasis |
| | On chest radiography, folded lung appears as a rounded peripheral pulmonary mass and may be mistaken for a lung tumour. | | | Rounded atelectasis is associated with diffuse pleural thickening and may result in restriction of lung function (Hillerdal et al., 1990). | | | Thickening of the visceral pleura is seen, and there may be several fibrous bands close to the area of atelectasis, radiating into the lung. |
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| | Medical Encyclopedia: Atelectasis (Print Version) |
| | In a baby or small child, lung collapse due to a mucus obstruction or other causes can be life-threatening. | | | Large-scale atelectasis, especially in someone who has another lung disease or illness may be life-threatening. | | | Call your health care provider if you develop symptoms of atelectasis. |
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| | Lung Diseases |
| | Pediatric Chest CT Exam: Atelectasis, Lingula in Asthma Patient | | | Radiology: Pediatric Chest: Left Lower Lobe Pneumococcal Pneumonia with Atelectasis: Med Connect | | | Atelectasis [1 more specific term/s, 2 more link/s] |
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| | Atelectasis |
| | May be an asymptomatic finding on chest roentgenogram or associated with symptoms. | | | Marini JJ, Pierson DJ, Hudson LD: Acute lobar atelectasis: a prospective comparison of fiberoptic bronchoscopy and respiratory therapy. | | | Pulmonary blood flow to area of atelectasis is usually reduced, thereby limiting shunting and hypoxia. |
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| | SECONDARY ATELECTASIS |
| | This form may also be seen in patients after surgery ( general anesthesia). | | | Secondary atelectasis can occur at any age but is common in infants due to hyaline membrane disease. | | | A nonexpansion of the lungs after birth is known as primary atelectasis. |
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| | Lung Cancer - Mesothelioma Asbestos Lung Cancer Articles, Asbestos Settlement and Asbestosis Lung Disease Related ... |
| | Cicatrization Atelectasis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Cures and Remedies for Cicatrization Atelectasis. | | | Compression Atelectasis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Cures and Remedies for Compression Atelectasis. | | | Dependent Atelectasis: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Cures and Remedies for Dependent Atelectasis. |
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| | Atelectasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Atelectasis is defined as collapse of a part of the lung or the whole lung, where the | | | The most common cause is post-surgical atelectasis, due to restricted breathing after abdominal surgery. | | | Smokers and the elderly are at much increased risk. |
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| | Chest radiographs of obstructive atelectasis |
| | Atelectasis of left upper lobe - bronchogram anterior view. | | | Atelectasis of Right upper lobe - same case as 8, lateral view tomogram. | | | Atelectasis of right upper lobe - same case, lateral view. |
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| | Collapsed lung (atelectasis) - MayoClinic.com |
| | Atelectasis is the medical term for a collapsed lung. | | | It may be due to compression of the lung tissue or obstruction of the air passages (bronchi). |
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| | Pulmnary: Atelectasis |
| | Lobar collapse occurs when the lobar bronchi are no longer able to conduct air to that lobe of the lung. | | | "Atelectasis is the absence of air from a part or the whole of the lungs, due to failure of expansion or resorption of air from the alveoli". | | | We will limit today's discussion to lobar atelectasis or collapse. |
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| | Atelectasis |
| | Atelectasis may be a total or partial collapse of the air sacs (alveoli) in the lung causing a lack of air to the affected area of the lung. | | | Since an airway blocked by mucus (mucous plug) may have caused the lung to collapse beyond the blockage, drainage procedures such as respiratory treatments, postural drainage, percussion, and assisted coughing should be started, and | | | PoinTIS Copyright © 1998 the Louis Calder Memorial Library of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, all rights reserved. |
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| | Yale: Cardiothoracic Imaging - Finding: Atelectasis, RUL |
| | The trachea may be somewhat drawn to that side. | | | Right upper lobe atelectasis usually produces a wedge-like density adjacent to the right side of the upper spine and mediastinum on the frontal film. |
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| | Yale: Cardiothoracic Imaging - Finding: Atelectasis, RML |
| | Atelectasis is the loss of lung volume and therefore a direct sign is the displacement of interlobular fissures. | | | Generally this is accompanied by increased density and possibly elevation of the hemidiaphragm, mediastinal displacement, or compensatory over-inflation. |
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| | Collapse (atelectasis) 6-74 |
| | These will be best appreciated by studying the various cases in the Simon collection of appearances in atelectasis of various segments. | | | Each segment of the lung, when consolidated or collapsed has its particular pattern of blurring normal boundaries. | | | The prolapse of the apical segment of the lower lobe can restore the silhouette of the mediastinal boundaries in more complete examples of upper lobe collapse, The 'luftsichel' sign. |
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| | Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Version): Texto completo: Lung Cancer Coexisting in Rounded Atelectasis |
| | Since, in most cases, malignancy can be ruled out by the singular shape that a neoplasm such as RA presents, it has been proposed that cytological and histological study of the tumor is unnecessary. | | | Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Version): Texto completo: Lung Cancer Coexisting in Rounded Atelectasis | | | To the Editor: In rounded atelectasis (RA), the characteristic findings on a computed tomography (CT) scan include a rounded or oval lung mass 2 to 10 cm in diameter adjacent to an area of pleural thickening with an associated loss of volume and curvilinear bronchovascular bundles that converge towards the lesion (comet tail sign). |
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| | Atelectasis and Emphysema |
| | Compressive atelectasis in a cat with cardiomyopathy and hydrothorax. | | | Gross photograph of alveolar emphysema in a cat. |
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| | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | For More Information on "atelectasis" go to Britannica.com | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "atelectasis" |
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