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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sudarshana Datta, MD [2]
Overview
The majority of patients with atelectasis are asymptomatic. Common symptoms of atelectasis include breathlessness, chest pain, and cyanosis. Symptoms in patients with atelectasis depend upon rapidity of bronchial occlusion, lung area affected and presence of any overlying infection.
History and Symptoms
- The majority of patients with atelectasis are asymptomatic. Symptoms in patients with atelectasis depend upon rapidity of bronchial occlusion, lung area affected and presence of any overlying infection.
- Symptoms of atelectasis include chest pain, sudden onset breathlessness and cyanosis.
History
Patients with atelectasis may have a positive history of:
- Abdominal procedures
- Thoracic procedures
- Foreign body aspiration
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Hyaline membrane disease
- Mechanical ventilation[1]
- Cystic fibrosis: failure to thrive, steatorrhea[2]
- Recurrent aspiration
- Frequent vomiting
- GERD
- Asthma[3]
- Neuromuscular diseases such as Werdnig–Hoffman disease[4]
- Bronchial tumors such as bronchial carcinoid tumors[5]
Common Symptoms
Common symptoms of atelectasis include:[6]
Less Common Symptoms
Less common symptoms of atelectasis include:
References
- ↑ Halvorsen T, Skadberg BT, Eide GE, Røksund OD, Carlsen KH, Bakke P (2004). "Pulmonary outcome in adolescents of extreme preterm birth: a regional cohort study". Acta Paediatr. 93 (10): 1294–300. PMID 15499947.
- ↑ Ruzal-Shapiro C (1998). "Cystic fibrosis. An overview". Radiol. Clin. North Am. 36 (1): 143–61. PMID 9465872.
- ↑ De Boeck K, Willems T, Van Gysel D, Corbeel L, Eeckels R (1995). "Outcome after right middle lobe syndrome". Chest. 108 (1): 150–2. PMID 7606950.
- ↑ Leistikow EA, Jones NE, Josephson KD, de Sierra TM, Costakos DT, Sprague D, Gorch DH, Asonye UO (1999). "Migrating atelectasis in Werdnig-Hoffmann disease: pulmonary manifestations in two cases of spinal muscular atrophy type 1". Pediatr. Pulmonol. 28 (2): 149–53. PMID 10423316.
- ↑ Wang LT, Wilkins EW, Bode HH (1993). "Bronchial carcinoid tumors in pediatric patients". Chest. 103 (5): 1426–8. PMID 8387419.
- ↑ Peroni DG, Boner AL (2000). "Atelectasis: mechanisms, diagnosis and management". Paediatr Respir Rev. 1 (3): 274–8. doi:10.1053/prrv.2000.0059. PMID 12531090.