Saturday, February, 11, 2012

Atelectasis

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Alternative Names

Partial lung collapse


Symptoms
  • Breathing difficulty
  • Chest pain
  • Cough

Signs and tests
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Chest CT scan
  • Chest x-ray


Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)