Atelectasis Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Atelectasis? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Atelectasis Risks
Factors that increase your chance for atelectasis include:
- Advanced age
- Premature birth
- Lung diseases, such as:
- Asthma-Adult
- Lung Cancer
- Emphysema
- Pulmonary edema
- Pneumothorax
- Pleural Effusion
- Tobacco Use Disorder
- Heart Failure
- Overweight
- Scoliosis
- Conditions that limit physical activity such as Stroke , spinal cord injury, heart problems, Trauma , or severe illness of any kind
- Anesthesia , especially in patients who are obese or smoke
- Breathing supplemental 100% oxygen
- Breathing in a foreign body, such as a peanut or a marble
- Injury to the chest wall
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