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MeSH Heading: Pulmonary Atelectasis
Tree Number(s): C08.381.730
Unique ID: D001261
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001261
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.
Entry Term(s): Atelectasis; Atelectasis, Congestive; Compression Atelectasis; Compression Pulmonary Atelectasis; Congestive Atelectasis; Congestive Pulmonary Atelectasis; Contraction Pulmonary Atelectasis; Lung Collapse; Postoperative Pulmonary Atelectasis; Resorption Atelectasis; Resorption Pulmonary Atelectasis
NLM Classification #: WF 645
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see ATELECTASIS 1963-2008; for ATELECTASIS, CONGESTIVE see RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1976-2008
History Note: 2009 (1963); for ATELECTASIS, CONGESTIVE use RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1976-2008
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

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