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Lung Injury

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Definition: 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.  ACUTE LUNG INJURY and VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY are also available   
Examples Acute Lung Injury; Meconium Aspiration Syndrome; Pneumoconiosis; Radiation Pneumonitis; Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury 		Other names Pulmonary Injuries; Lung Injury, Chronic; Lung Injuries, Chronic; Injury, Pulmonary; Injury, Lung; Injuries, Pulmonary; Injuries, Lung; Chronic Lung Injuries; Pulmonary Injury; Chronic Lung Injury; Lung Injuries

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