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• Pulmonary contusion — Classification and external resources A CT scan showing a pulmonary contusion (red arrow) accompanied by a rib fracture (blue arrow) ICD 10 S …   Wikipedia

• Pulmonary toilet — Pulmonary toilet, also called pulmonary hygiene,cite journal |author=Moody LE |title=Primer for pulmonary hygiene |journal=Am J Nurs |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=104–6 |year=1977 |month=January |pmid=584121 |doi= |url=] is a set of methods used to… …   Wikipedia

• Pulmonary compliance — (or lung compliance) can refer to either dynamic or static lung compliance. Static lung compliance is the change in volume for any given applied pressure.[1] Dynamic lung compliance is the compliance of the lung at any given time during actual… …   Wikipedia

• Pulmonary surfactant — Diagram of the alveoli with both cross section and external view Pulmonary surfactant is a surface active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein) formed by type II alveolar cells. The proteins and lipids that surfactant comprises have both a… …   Wikipedia

• capacity — 1. The potential cubic contents of a cavity or receptacle. 2. Power to do. SEE ALSO: volume. [L. capax, able to contain; fr. capio, to take] buffer c. the amount of hydrogen ion (or hydroxyl ion) required to bring about a specific pH change in a… …   Medical dictionary

• Pulmonary alveolus — An alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus , little cavity ) is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity. Found in the lung, the pulmonary alveoli are spherical outcroppings of the respiratory bronchioles and are the… …   Wikipedia

• Pulmonary resonance — Resonance Res o*nance (r?z ? nans), n. [Cf. F. r[ e]sonance, L. resonantia an echo.] 1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant. [1913 Webster] 2. (Acoustics) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pulmonary reserve — noun the additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress • Hypernyms: ↑reserve …   Useful english dictionary

• Diffusion capacity — Diagnostics MeSH D011653 In biology, diffusion capacity is a measurement of the lung s ability to transfer gases. Oxygen uptake may be limited by diffusion in circumstances of low ambient oxygen or high pul …   Wikipedia

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — Classification and external resources Gross pathology of a lung showing centrilobular type emphysema characteristic of smoking. This close up of the fixed, cut lung surface shows multiple cavit …   Wikipedia

• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis — Classification and external resources Extensive lung fibrosis from usual interstitial pneumonitis ICD 10 J …   Wikipedia