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• compliance — 1. A measure of the distensibility of a chamber expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure. 2. The consistency and accuracy with which a patient follows the regimen prescribed by a …   Medical dictionary

• Pulmonary compliance — (or lung compliance) can refer to either dynamic or static lung compliance. Static lung compliance is the change in volume for any given applied pressure.[1] Dynamic lung compliance is the compliance of the lung at any given time during actual… …   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

• dynamic compliance — compliance measured while an organ (such as the lung or bladder) is expanding or contracting; in the lung it is a measure of the change in volume per change in inflation pressure during air flow into or out of the lung. Cf. static c …   Medical dictionary

• spezifische Compliance — volumische Compliance (f), spezifische Compliance (f) eng volumic compliance of the lung, specific compliance …   Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz Glossar

• volumische Compliance — (f), spezifische Compliance (f) eng volumic compliance of the lung, specific compliance …   Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz Glossar

• Acute Lung Injury — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 J80 Atemnotsyndrom des Erwachsenen [ARDS] …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Spirometry — TLC Total lung capacity: the volume in the lungs at maximal inflation RV Residual volume: the volume of air remaining in the lungs …   Wikipedia

• Pulmonary surfactant — Diagram of the alveoli with both cross section and external view Pulmonary surfactant is a surface active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein) formed by type II alveolar cells. The proteins and lipids that surfactant comprises have both a… …   Wikipedia

• ΔP — (Delta P) is a mathematical term used to illustrate a change (Δ) in pressure (P). Contents 1 Uses 1.1 Darcy–Weisbach equation 1.2 Lung compliance 1.2.1 Dynamic Complian …   Wikipedia

• Respiratory disease — Classification and external resources Micrograph of an emphysematous lung; emphysema is a common respiratory disease, strongly associated with smoking. H E stain. ICD …   Wikipedia