noun

• Partial collapse or incomplete inflation of the lung.

  ‘Indications for postoperative mechanical ventilation are respiratory acidosis, severe hypoxemia, atelectasis, and pneumonia.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This edema leads to hyperinflation and atelectasis of the lungs, and wheezing.’
  • ‘The tumor or its effects, atelectasis or pneumonia, are usually evident on the chest radiograph.’
  • ‘We plan to reduce his ventilation setting further, although previous attempts in taking him off night ventilation have resulted in retained secretions, atelectasis, and pneumonia.’
  • ‘Hypoxemia, for example, has significant clinical implications, yet hypoxemia in itself is not a diagnosis but a component of other diagnoses such as atelectasis or pneumonia.’