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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.
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What is a dependent variable is?
is dependent on the independent variable
Is dependent variable dependent on the independent variable?
yes
Picking cards from a deck is dependent or independent?
dependent
Is 80 independent or dependent?
80 is neither dependent nor independent. It is a number: a variable can be dependent or independent, not a constant.
Is price is independent variable or dependent variable?
dependent variable
What the common types of atelectasis?
Resorption atelectasis
What is posterior atelectasis?
what is bilateral posterior atelectasis of the lungs
What is the name for a collapse lung?
atelectasis
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?
Atelectasis is a condition where one or more areas of the lungs collapse or don't expand properly, causing breathing difficulties.
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.
Can you have atelectasis and pneumonia?
If you like to live dangerously!
What is the medical term meaning airlessness of a lung?
atelectasis
Atelectasis renders the lung useless for ventilation?
true
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.
