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Descriptor English: Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
Descriptor Spanish: Lesión Pulmonar Inducida por Ventilación Mecánica
Descriptor lesión pulmonar inducida por el respirador
Scope note: Daño pulmonar causado por efectos adversos del uso de VENTILADORES PULMONARES. La alta frecuencia y volumen corriente producidos por un ventilador mecánico pueden causar ruptura alveolar y EDEMA PULMONAR. 
Descriptor Portuguese: Lesão Pulmonar Induzida por Ventilação Mecânica
Descriptor French: Lésion pulmonaire induite par la ventilation mécanique
Entry term(s): Lung Injuries, Ventilator-Induced
Lung Injury, Ventilator Induced
Lung Injury, Ventilator-Induced
Ventilator Induced Lung Injury
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injuries
Tree number(s): C08.381.520.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055397
Scope note: Lung damage that is caused by the adverse effects of PULMONARY VENTILATOR usage. The high frequency and tidal volumes produced by a mechanical ventilator can cause alveolar disruption and PULMONARY EDEMA.
Annotation: BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA is available for lung injury caused by oxygen inhalation therapy or mechanical ventilation in newborn infants
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Related: Ventilators, Mechanical MeSH
DeCS ID: 53087
Unique ID: D055397
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury - Preferred
Concept UI M0517460
Scope note Lung damage that is caused by the adverse effects of PULMONARY VENTILATOR usage. The high frequency and tidal volumes produced by a mechanical ventilator can cause alveolar disruption and PULMONARY EDEMA.
Preferred term Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
Entry term(s) Lung Injuries, Ventilator-Induced
Lung Injury, Ventilator Induced
Lung Injury, Ventilator-Induced
Ventilator Induced Lung Injury
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injuries



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