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n. Total or partial collapse of the lung.

n. A congenital condition characterized by the incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth.

n. The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.

n. Imperfect dilatation, especially of the air-cells of the lungs of newly born children.

n. collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth

"The thought here is that those patients with more edema might benefit more from higher PEEP.Interestingly, in some patients PEEP seems to cause harmful overdistention without eliminating the atelectasis."

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macrosomia    grippe    pericarditis    histopathology    hemoptysis