Mesh term Lung Injury
Browse to parent terms:Lung Diseases
Thoracic Injuries
Description
Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.Browse to child terms:
Acute Lung Injury
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Pneumoconiosis
Radiation Pneumonitis
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
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