Diseases

Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

Lung damage that is caused by the adverse effects of PULMONARY VENTILATOR usage. The high frequency and tidal volumes produced by a mechanical ventilator can cause alveolar disruption and PULMONARY EDEMA.

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Lung damage that is caused by the adverse effects of PULMONARY VENTILATOR usage. The high frequency and tidal volumes produced by a mechanical ventilator can cause alveolar disruption and PULMONARY EDEMA.

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  • Lung Injury, Ventilator-Induced
  • Lung Injuries, Ventilator-Induced
  • Lung Injury, Ventilator Induced
  • Ventilator Induced Lung Injury
  • Ventilator-Induced Lung Injuries

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA is available for lung injury caused by oxygen inhalation therapy or mechanical ventilation in newborn infants

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2009

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055397. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055397
  2. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator-associated_lung_injury
  3. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7920251