There are two known types of atelectasis. The first type is called acute atelectasis which usually results from surgery involving the opening of the chest cavity or the abdominal area. This type of atelectasis may also result from physical trauma to the lungs like during car accidents or stabbing incidents.
Location: Egypt. Posts: 1,672. Re: How long for meds to take effect. It takes from 1 to 2 days in order for your high bp meds to work, but it reach its maximum effect in 1 week and some times it takes 2 weeks. They said that but I think it's only a week, not more than that.
Main outcome measure The time taken to achieve a blood pressure of â¤150/100 mmHg. Results The median time taken to achieve target blood pressure was 30 minutes (interquartile range, IQR 22.5â67.5 minutes) versus 45 minutes (IQR 30â60 minutes) for nifedipine and labetalol, respectively (P = 0.59).