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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Pulmonary Atelectasis

Preferred term

Pulmonary Atelectasis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Atelectases
  • Atelectasis
  • Collapse, Lung
  • Lung Collapse

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2009 (1963); for ATELECTASIS, CONGESTIVE use RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1976-2008

In other languages

  • atelektaasi

    Finnish

  • atelectasis
  • atelectasis pulmonis
  • atelektaasit
  • atelektas
  • collapsus pulmonis
  • keuhkoatelektaasi
  • keuhkokudoksen ilmattomuus
  • keuhkon atelektaasi
  • keuhkon kollapsi
  • pyöröatelektaasi
  • Lungkollaps

    Swedish

  • Atelektas
  • Lungatelektas
  • Medfödd lungatelektas

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001261

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