lung infiltrate

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00:55 May 27, 2020

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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
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English term or phrase: lung infiltrate

Definition from Radiopaedia:
Also pulmonary infiltrate. From a pathophysiological perspective, the term "infiltrate" refers to “an abnormal substance that accumulates gradually within cells or body tissues” or “any substance or type of cell that occurs within or spreads as through the interstices (interstitium and/or alveoli) of the lung, that is foreign to the lung, or that accumulates in greater than normal quantity within it”.

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But CT usage, which can show a hazy lung infiltrate indicative of COVID-19, is, itself, not hazard-free. Beyond the risks from radiation exposure, heavily used machines can themselves become infected and spread the virus. DotMed
Category 3 includes persons with severe disease, RR more than 30, Spo lesser than 93, Pao2/Fio2 lesser than 300, lung infiltrate higher than 50 per cent of lung within 24 to 48 hours. New Indian Express
However, on March 20 doctors said that he had significant lung infiltrate and respiratory distress. He was then transferred to an intensive care unit for isolation treatment. Taiwan News

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Definition from Nationalencyklopedin (hämtad 2020-05-27:
på röntgenbild synliga förtätningar i lungvävnad vilka utgörs av sjukliga förändringar.Dessa kan vara orsakade av infektion (t.ex. lunginflammation, tuberkulos), tumör, allergiska reaktioner, lunginfarkt eller kroniska lungsjukdomar (t.ex. silikos eller sarkoidos).

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Vid misstanke om pneumoni hos febril patient med kraftigt nedsatt immunförsvar och/eller där luftvägssymtom föreligger, såsom hosta, takypné och hypoxi, rekommenderas DT-undersökning av torax, vilken är betydligt mer informativ än konventionell lungröntgen och kan påvisa lunginfiltrat upp till 5 dagar tidigare [9]. - Läkartidningen
Majoriteten av patienter (> 80 procent) i kinesiska kohorter (medianålder 47–59 år) hade lindriga symtom, 14 procent svåra (dyspné, andningsfrekvens ≥ 30/min, syremättnad ≤ 93 procent, lunginfiltrat etc) och 5 procent kritiska (respiratorisk svikt, septisk chock och/eller multiorgandysfunktion/-svikt) [1-5]. - Läkartidningen

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