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Causes of decreased intrathoracic compliance |
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| Causes of decreased measured chest wall compliance |
Causes of decreased measured lung compliance |
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| Obesity |
Tension pneumothorax |
| Ascites |
Mainstem intubation |
| Neuromuscular weakness (Guillain–Barre, steroid myopathy, etc.) |
Dynamic hyperinflation |
| Flail chest (mediastinal removal) |
Pulmonary edema |
| Kyphoscoliosis |
Pulmonary fibrosis |
| Fibrothorax |
Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| Pectus excavatum |
Langerhans cell histiocytosis |
| Chest wall tumor |
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis |
| Paralysis |
Connective tissue disorders |
| Scleroderma |
Sarcoidosis |
| Cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis |
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| Lymphangitic spread of tumor |
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Shown are the causes of decreased intrathoracic compliance, partitioned into causes of decreased measured chest wall compliance and causes of decreased measured lung compliance. | |
Grinnan and Truwit Critical Care 2005 9:472 doi:10.1186/cc3516 |
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