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  2. Alveolar osteitis - Wikipedia

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    The most common location of dry socket: in the socket of an extracted mandibular third molar (wisdom tooth). Since alveolar osteitis is not primarily an infection, there is not usually any pyrexia (fever) or cervical lymphadenitis (swollen glands in the neck), and only minimal edema (swelling) and erythema (redness) is present in the soft tissues surrounding the socket.

  3. Alveolar lung disease - Wikipedia

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    Alveoli are the functional units of the lungs. Alveolar lung diseases are classified as processes that affect these units that ultimately lead to issues with ventilation. There are a number of different causes of insult to the alveoli including build up of fluid, hemorrhage, infection, malignancy and build up of protein and mineral deposits.

  4. Mucociliary clearance - Wikipedia

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    Mucociliary clearance (MCC), mucociliary transport, or the mucociliary escalator describes the self-clearing mechanism of the airways in the respiratory system. [1] It is one of the two protective processes for the lungs in removing inhaled particles including pathogens before they can reach the delicate tissue of the lungs.

  5. Ventilator-associated lung injury - Wikipedia

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    Overdistension of alveoli and cyclic atelectasis (atelectotrauma) are the primary causes for alveolar injury during positive pressure mechanical ventilation.Severe injury to alveoli causes swelling of the tissues (edema) in the lungs, bleeding of the alveoli, loss of surfactant (decrease in lung compliance) and complete alveoli collapse ().

  6. Swimming-induced pulmonary edema - Wikipedia

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    Management has generally been reported to be conservative, though deaths have been reported. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Removal from water [ 9 ] immediately reverses the hydrostatic effect of immersion and reduces negative filling pressures and kept still, sitting in an upright position if they are conscious, which minimises exertion while encouraging return ...

  7. Hyperinflation therapy - Wikipedia

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    The therapy involves applying volumes greater than normal to reinflate the collapsed alveoli in the lungs. There are many different techniques used to administer hyperinflation therapy. [ 2 ] The respiratory therapist typically decides which method is best for each patient.

  8. 12 procedures later, woman learns to walk and talk again ...

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    Immediately after the aneurysm, Smith couldn’t feel her entire left side and struggled with her memory, her husband said. She didn’t realize her daughter’s birthday had already passed, and ...

  9. Diffuse alveolar damage - Wikipedia

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    Right side depicts what occurs after injury to the alveolus during the acute/exudative phase. Once the initial insult has damaged the alveoli and begun the process of DAD, the condition will typically progress in three phases: exudative, proliferative, and fibrotic. [6] Below are the description of the phases, paraphrased from Sweeney et al ...