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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).
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What occurs when air enters the spaces between the pleural spaces?
pneumothorax
What is the difference between clucth and coupling?
difference between clucth and coupling
What is the difference between a socket and a coupling?
difference between coupling and socket
What is the relation between the path difference and phase difference?
Relation between phase difference and path difference is path difference/wavelength=phase difference/2*pi
Is there any difference between micro and microns?
There is no difference between micrometres and microns
Why does a pneumothorax frequently lead to atelectasis?
A pneumothorax frequently lead to atelectasis because it will force the lungs to collapse. This is a condition whereby air it trapped outside the lungs.
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 difference between tension pneumothorax and spontaneous pneumothorax?
tracheal deviation
What is it where the lung fails to expand because there is blockage of the air passages or pneumothorax?
In atelectasis, the lung fails to expand because there is a blockage of the air passages or pneumothorax.
The collapse of part or all of a lung?
Atelectasis (at-ee-LEK-tah-sis) is the collapse of part or all of the lung by the blockage of the air passages or by very shallow breathing (atel means incomplete, and -ectsis means stretching or enlargement). "Pneumothorax" is actually the presence of free air or gas in the pleural cavity.
What is the difference pneumothorax and hemothorax?
A pneumothorax is a pocket of air in the chest cavity, and a hemothorax is a pocket of blood.
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.
What are the types of pneumothorax?
There are four types of pneumothorax. The types are: traumatic pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax, primary spontaneous pneumothorax, and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.
The difference between pleural effusion and a pneumothorax?
Pneumothorax is the result of an injury where air gets into the chest cavity. It can result from an open wound in the chest, such as by being stabbed, or it can occur from a closed wound such as broken ribs. Tension pneumothorax is the buildup of air in the chest cavity collapses the lung and puts pressure on the heart, which then can't pump blood effectively.
Condition of air entering the pleural cavity?
pneumothorax: condition in which an injury to the chest wall penetrates the parietal pleura or damages the alveoli and the visceral pleura allows air into the pleural cavity. The result is an atelectasis, or a collapsed lung. Treatment involves removing all of the air before closing the opening. pneumothorax: condition in which an injury to the chest wall penetrates the parietal pleura or damages the alveoli and the visceral pleura allows air into the pleural cavity. The result is an atelectasis, or a collapsed lung. Treatment involves removing all of the air before closing the opening.
What is posterior atelectasis?
what is bilateral posterior atelectasis of the lungs
What the common types of atelectasis?
Resorption atelectasis
