Pulmonary Alveolitis

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Etiology 3 Complications 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

Introduction

• Inflammation of the pulmonary alveoli. Exudation with impaired gas exchange may occur as reflecte by hypoxia on arterial blood gas ( ABG).

Etiology

• interstitial lung disease
• pharmaceutical agents
• immunological injury

• pneumoconiosis

Complications

• pulmonary fibrosis

More General Terms

• lung disease

Additional Terms

• cholestasis

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

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