- shock lung
- shock lung n a condition of severe pulmonary edema associated with shock
* * *
acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
shock lung
Look at other dictionaries:
Shock, cardiogenic — Shock caused by heart failure. The heart fails to pump blood effectively. For example, a heart attack (a myocardial infarction) can cause an abnormal ineffectual heart beat (an arrhythmia) with very slow, rapid, or irregular contractions of the… … Medical dictionary
lung — One of a pair of viscera occupying the pulmonary cavities of the thorax, the organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place. In humans, the right l. is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three lobes (an upper, a… … Medical dictionary
Lung — For other uses, see Lung (disambiguation). Lunged redirects here. For other uses, see Lunge. The lungs of a pig … Wikipedia
Shock (circulatory) — Acute shock redirects here. For the psychological condition, see Acute stress reaction. Shock ICD 10 many incl. R57 ICD 9 785 DiseasesDB … Wikipedia
Acute lung injury — (ALI) is a diffuse heterogeneous lung injury characterized by hypoxemia, non cardiogenic pulmonary edema, low lung compliance and widespread capillary leakage. ALI is caused by any stimulus of local or systemic inflammation, principally sepsis.… … Wikipedia
Septic shock — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A41.9 ICD 9 785.52 … Wikipedia
Black Lung — Infobox musical artist Name = Black Lung Background = group or band Imag = Img capt = Years active = 1994 Present Origin = Melbourne, Australia Genre = Technoid Rhythmic Noise Label = Ant Zen, Nova Zembla, Machinery Current members = David… … Wikipedia
Heart–lung transplant — Intervention ICD 9 CM 33.6 MeSH … Wikipedia
Hydrostatic shock — The term hydrostatic shock describes the theory that a penetrating projectile produces remote wounding and incapacitating effects in living targets, in addition to local effects in tissue caused by direct impact, through a hydraulic effect in… … Wikipedia
Heart-lung transplant — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = ICD10 = ICD9 = 33.6 MeshID = D016041 OtherCodes = A heart lung transplant is a procedure carried out to replace both heart and lungs in a single operation. Due to a shortage of suitable donors, it… … Wikipedia
