Atelectasis: What Is, Types, Causes, and Diagnosis

Updated on February 9, 2025

What is Atelectasis?

Atelectasis is a therapeutic issue that causes one of the lungs or a portion of the lung to wither or quell. Hence, air can't be progressed into the lungs, and the patient can't breathe ordinarily. This issue happens when the modest air sacs, called alveoli, inside the lung end up non-compliant with each other due to either collapse or being filled with fluid. In this way, the...

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