Shrinking pleuritis with atelectasis is a disease in which a compression atelectasis of the lung is caused by shrinking of the inflamed visceral pleura. This reaction has been attributed to asbestos. By means of scanning electron microscopy, with computerised x ray spectrophotometry and x ray diffraction analysis, tissue samples from the lymph nodes of patients with the disease and control subj...

BACKGROUND Atelectasis after either vaginal or Caesarean delivery has not been adequately quantified. This study addresses the hypothesis that atelectasis may be worse in women who undergo Caesarean section when compared with vaginal delivery under regional anaesthesia. METHODS Twenty healthy non-smoking women submitted to a chest computed tomography (CT) 2 h after delivery in a University Ho...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility and effects of preoperative inspiratory muscle training on the incidence of atelectasis in patients at high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications scheduled for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. DESIGN Single-blind randomized controlled pilot study. SETTING Gelderse Vallei Hospital Ede, the Netherlands. SUBJECTS Twenty high-risk pa...

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of steady-state free-precession (SSFP) sequence for differentiating bronchogenic carcinoma from adjacent atelectasis. Methods: Ten patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and adjacent atelectasis underwent unenhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI examinations using the SSFP sequence, T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), and diffusionweighted imaging (DWI...