Restrictive Lung Disease

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Etiology 3 Laboratory 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

More Specific Terms

• coal workers' pneumoconiosis
• pulmonary fibrosis
• radiation pneumonitis
• sarcoidosis

Etiology

• parenchymal disorders

• sarcoidosis
• idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• pneumoconiosis
• drug or radiation-induced interstitial lung disease

• extra-parenchymal disorders

• neuromuscular

• diaphragmatic weakness/ paralysis
• myasthenia gravis
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• muscular dystrophies
• cervical spine injury

• chest wall

• kyphoscoliosis
• obesity
• ankylosing spondylitis

Laboratory

• arterial blood gas
• pulmonary function testing

More General Terms

• lung disease

Additional Terms

• pulmonary function test (PFT)

References

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 1155

restrictive lung disease