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Collapsed Lung

MedGen UID:
924520
•Concept ID:
C4284020
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Atelectasis of an entire lung. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCollapsed Lung

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bouncing back from a deflating experience. A collapsed lung can be dangerous, but with time and treatment it will usually heal and reinflate.
Harv Health Lett 2003 Aug;28(10):3. PMID: 12936875
Role of thoracoscopy and preoperative localization procedures in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary pathology.
Shah RM, Spirn PW, Salazar AM, Steiner RM, Cohn HE, Wechsler RJ
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 1995 Oct;16(5):371-8. doi: 10.1016/0887-2171(95)90026-8. PMID: 8527170
Treatment for collapsed lung in critically ill patients. Selective intrabronchial air insufflation using the fiberoptic bronchoscope.
Tsao TC, Tsai YH, Lan RS, Shieh WB, Lee CH
Chest 1990 Feb;97(2):435-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.97.2.435. PMID: 2298070

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Functional pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2-induced acute lung injury and clinical implications.
Habashi NM, Camporota L, Gatto LA, Nieman G
J Appl Physiol (1985) 2021 Mar 1;130(3):877-891. Epub 2021 Jan 14 doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00742.2020. PMID: 33444117Free PMC Article
Chest physiotherapy with early mobilization may improve extubation outcome in critically ill patients in the intensive care units.
Wang TH, Wu CP, Wang LY
Clin Respir J 2018 Nov;12(11):2613-2621. Epub 2018 Oct 25 doi: 10.1111/crj.12965. PMID: 30264933
Lung Injury After One-Lung Ventilation: A Review of the Pathophysiologic Mechanisms Affecting the Ventilated and the Collapsed Lung.
Lohser J, Slinger P
Anesth Analg 2015 Aug;121(2):302-18. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000808. PMID: 26197368
Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Meade MO, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Slutsky AS, Arabi YM, Cooper DJ, Davies AR, Hand LE, Zhou Q, Thabane L, Austin P, Lapinsky S, Baxter A, Russell J, Skrobik Y, Ronco JJ, Stewart TE; Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators
JAMA 2008 Feb 13;299(6):637-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.637. PMID: 18270352
Reexpansion pulmonary edema.
Tarver RD, Broderick LS, Conces DJ Jr
J Thorac Imaging 1996 Summer;11(3):198-209. PMID: 8784733

Diagnosis

Lung Injury After One-Lung Ventilation: A Review of the Pathophysiologic Mechanisms Affecting the Ventilated and the Collapsed Lung.
Lohser J, Slinger P
Anesth Analg 2015 Aug;121(2):302-18. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000808. PMID: 26197368
Reexpansion pulmonary edema.
Tarver RD, Broderick LS, Conces DJ Jr
J Thorac Imaging 1996 Summer;11(3):198-209. PMID: 8784733
Imaging evaluation of obstructive atelectasis.
Molina PL, Hiken JN, Glazer HS
J Thorac Imaging 1996 Summer;11(3):176-86. PMID: 8784731
Atelectasis in childhood.
Redding GJ
Pediatr Clin North Am 1984 Aug;31(4):891-905. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)34652-1. PMID: 6462803
Supine subpulmonary pneumothorax.
Ziter FM Jr, Westcott JL
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1981 Oct;137(4):699-701. doi: 10.2214/ajr.137.4.699. PMID: 6974963

Therapy

Airway pressure release ventilation for lung protection in acute respiratory distress syndrome: an alternative way to recruit the lungs.
Camporota L, Rose L, Andrews PL, Nieman GF, Habashi NM
Curr Opin Crit Care 2024 Feb 1;30(1):76-84. Epub 2023 Dec 1 doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000001123. PMID: 38085878
Chest physiotherapy with early mobilization may improve extubation outcome in critically ill patients in the intensive care units.
Wang TH, Wu CP, Wang LY
Clin Respir J 2018 Nov;12(11):2613-2621. Epub 2018 Oct 25 doi: 10.1111/crj.12965. PMID: 30264933
Current concepts of protective ventilation during general anaesthesia.
Serpa Neto A, Schultz MJ, Slutsky AS
Swiss Med Wkly 2015;145:w14211. Epub 2015 Nov 12 doi: 10.4414/smw.2015.14211. PMID: 26561993
Reexpansion pulmonary edema.
Sohara Y
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008 Aug;14(4):205-9. PMID: 18818568
Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Meade MO, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Slutsky AS, Arabi YM, Cooper DJ, Davies AR, Hand LE, Zhou Q, Thabane L, Austin P, Lapinsky S, Baxter A, Russell J, Skrobik Y, Ronco JJ, Stewart TE; Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators
JAMA 2008 Feb 13;299(6):637-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.637. PMID: 18270352

Prognosis

Chest physiotherapy with early mobilization may improve extubation outcome in critically ill patients in the intensive care units.
Wang TH, Wu CP, Wang LY
Clin Respir J 2018 Nov;12(11):2613-2621. Epub 2018 Oct 25 doi: 10.1111/crj.12965. PMID: 30264933
Validation of equations for pleural effusion volume estimation by ultrasonography.
Hassan M, Rizk R, Essam H, Abouelnour A
J Ultrasound 2017 Dec;20(4):267-271. Epub 2017 Oct 27 doi: 10.1007/s40477-017-0266-1. PMID: 29204230Free PMC Article
Lung Injury After One-Lung Ventilation: A Review of the Pathophysiologic Mechanisms Affecting the Ventilated and the Collapsed Lung.
Lohser J, Slinger P
Anesth Analg 2015 Aug;121(2):302-18. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000808. PMID: 26197368
Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Meade MO, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Slutsky AS, Arabi YM, Cooper DJ, Davies AR, Hand LE, Zhou Q, Thabane L, Austin P, Lapinsky S, Baxter A, Russell J, Skrobik Y, Ronco JJ, Stewart TE; Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators
JAMA 2008 Feb 13;299(6):637-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.637. PMID: 18270352
Decision-making for lung resection in patients with empyema and collapsed lung due to tuberculosis.
Olgac G, Yilmaz MA, Ortakoylu MG, Kutlu CA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 Jul;130(1):131-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.040. PMID: 15999052

Clinical prediction guides

Functional pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2-induced acute lung injury and clinical implications.
Habashi NM, Camporota L, Gatto LA, Nieman G
J Appl Physiol (1985) 2021 Mar 1;130(3):877-891. Epub 2021 Jan 14 doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00742.2020. PMID: 33444117Free PMC Article
Chest physiotherapy with early mobilization may improve extubation outcome in critically ill patients in the intensive care units.
Wang TH, Wu CP, Wang LY
Clin Respir J 2018 Nov;12(11):2613-2621. Epub 2018 Oct 25 doi: 10.1111/crj.12965. PMID: 30264933
Validation of equations for pleural effusion volume estimation by ultrasonography.
Hassan M, Rizk R, Essam H, Abouelnour A
J Ultrasound 2017 Dec;20(4):267-271. Epub 2017 Oct 27 doi: 10.1007/s40477-017-0266-1. PMID: 29204230Free PMC Article
Lung Injury After One-Lung Ventilation: A Review of the Pathophysiologic Mechanisms Affecting the Ventilated and the Collapsed Lung.
Lohser J, Slinger P
Anesth Analg 2015 Aug;121(2):302-18. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000808. PMID: 26197368
Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Meade MO, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Slutsky AS, Arabi YM, Cooper DJ, Davies AR, Hand LE, Zhou Q, Thabane L, Austin P, Lapinsky S, Baxter A, Russell J, Skrobik Y, Ronco JJ, Stewart TE; Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators
JAMA 2008 Feb 13;299(6):637-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.637. PMID: 18270352

Recent systematic reviews

Recruitment manoeuvres for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving mechanical ventilation.
Hodgson C, Goligher EC, Young ME, Keating JL, Holland AE, Romero L, Bradley SJ, Tuxen D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016 Nov 17;11(11):CD006667. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006667.pub3. PMID: 27855477Free PMC Article
Intraoperative ventilation strategies to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis.
Serpa Neto A, Schultz MJ, Gama de Abreu M
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2015 Sep;29(3):331-40. Epub 2015 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2015.09.002. PMID: 26643098
Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during anaesthesia for prevention of mortality and postoperative pulmonary complications.
Barbosa FT, Castro AA, de Sousa-Rodrigues CF
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014 Jun 12;2014(6):CD007922. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007922.pub3. PMID: 24919591Free PMC Article
Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during anaesthesia for the prevention of mortality and postoperative pulmonary complications.
Imberger G, McIlroy D, Pace NL, Wetterslev J, Brok J, Møller AM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Sep 8;(9):CD007922. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007922.pub2. PMID: 20824871

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