Atelectasis

Overview and management of lung collapse.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
RespiratorySurgeryCritical Care

Clinical Guidelines

AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Incentive Spirometry: 2011
National
Official ERS/ATS clinical practice guidelines: noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure
National
Rib fracture management in trauma (Guidelines) | NHS Highland
National
2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Local
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/APHRS/LAHRS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Local
AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Airway Clearance Therapies in Hospitalized Patients
Local
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update)
Local
Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline
Local
Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A European Consensus Statement
Local
Incentive Spirometry: 2011 Clinical Practice Guideline
Local
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A Consensus Statement on Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches
Local
Respiratory Care of the Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: ATS Consensus Statement
Local