I am doing a case study on atelectasis, and have been confused by the sheet I am filling out. The pathophysiology of atelectasis would include the clinical symptoms, as the effect to the patient?...
johnnyfyve101 replied to johnnyfyve101's topic in General Students
If the pathophysiology is the effect on the body, it would include:
collapsed alveoli, lobe or lung, causing - decreased or absent breath sounds, noisy respirations, decreased O2 saturation...