Stiff Lung

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stiff lung.

See adult respiratory distress syndrome.

Stiff Lung

Any anatomic change—e.g., pulmonary fibrosis in particular, but also congestion and oedema—of the lungs which stimulates ventilation and increases the work of breathing

stiff lung

decreased lung compliance.

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adult respiratory distress syndrome lung lung fluke shock lung total lung capacity			Usually, these tidal volumes end up being less than the patient's anatomical dead space, which is especially important if the patient being ventilated has non-compliant or stiff lungs, in which case conventional mechanical ventilation is likely to cause barotrauma due to overdistension. High frequency ventilation in the adult patient with ARDS by Hudson, Emily / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine Before 1967, ARDS was described by numerous terms which included: Da Nang lung, white lung syndrome, pump lung, shock lung, wet lung, stiff lung syndrome, adult hyaline membrane disease, & adult respiratory insufficiency. Acute respiratory distress syndrome by Wojciechowski, Bill / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine			stibium stibogluconate sodium stibophen STICH stich- stichochrome stick Stick Man Syndrome stick-man syndrome Sticker's sarcoma stickfast flea sticking Stickler syndrome Stickler's syndrome sticky end sticky ends Sticky Floor Phenomenon Sticky Food sticky kid syndrome Stieda's fracture stiff Stiff Baby Syndrome Stiff Heart Syndrome stiff joint stiff lamb disease Stiff Lung Stiff Person Syndrome stiff sickness Stiff Skin Syndrome stiff-man syndrome stiffie stiffness stiffs stifle joint stifsiekte stigma stigmatic stigmatism stigmatization stigmatometer stigmatoscope stigmatoscopy stilbamidine stilbene stilbestrol STILE trial Stilesia stilet still still layer Still Syndrome			Stif Stif stiff stiff stiff stiff stiff stiff Stiff (disambiguation) Stiff (disambiguation) Stiff (disambiguation) Stiff (disambiguation) stiff as a poker stiff aster stiff baby syndrome stiff blood agar stiff blood agar stiff blood agar stiff blood agar Stiff cheddar! Stiff cheese! stiff frame stiff gentian Stiff heart syndrome stiff joint stiff lamb disease stiff leaf Stiff Leg Goat Stiff Legged Deadlifts Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Lung Stiff Lung Disease Stiff man syndrome Stiff man syndrome Stiff neck Stiff person syndrome Stiff person syndrome stiff sickness Stiff silkworm Stiff silkworm Stiff Skin Syndrome stiff upper lip stiff upper lip stiff-arm stiff-armed stiff-arming stiff-arms stiff-backed stiff-branched stiff-haired Stiff-hearted stiff-leg derrick stiff-man syndrome stiff-man syndrome stiff-man syndrome stiff-mud brick stiff-necked Stiff-neckedness Stiff-person syndrome Stiff-tailed Stiff-tailed duck

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