Weis highlighted these accomplishments in 2012: 1  Mayo Clinic cared for more than 1 million patients at its campuses in Minnesota, Florida, Arizona and Mayo Clinic Health System, a network of clinics, hospitals and health care facilities serving more than 70 communities in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Georgia.
Since most cases of atelectasis occur while the patient is in the hospital, treatment typically happens quickly. The introduction of specific medications like bronchodilators that open the airways and mucus thinners like Dornase Alfa can help. Actions can be taken to reverse the lung collapse, to include:
Atelectasis, or localized obstruction of the lungs that may result from mucus plug obstruction, can occur resulting to the collapse of a portion of the lungs. This is enumerated by the study published by Respiratory Care in September 2007.