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- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 The Basics: for the Obstetrician
- Section 2 The Basics: for the Non-Obstetrician
- Section 3 Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy
- 6 Pulmonary Infections in Pregnancy
- 7 Asthma in Pregnancy
- 8 Cystic Fibrosis in Pregnancy
- 9 Restrictive Lung Disease in Pregnancy
- 10 Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy
- 11 Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy
- 12 Sickle Chest Syndromes in Pregnancy
- 13 Sleep-disordered Breathing in Pregnancy
- 14 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy
- 15 Other Pulmonary Conditions in Pregnancy: Pleural Disease, Haemoptysis and Air Embolism
- Section 4 Pulmonary Conditions Related to Pregnancy
- Section 5 Other Pulmonary Issues in Pregnancy
- Index
- References
9 - Restrictive Lung Disease in Pregnancy
from Section 3 - Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2020
- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 The Basics: for the Obstetrician
- Section 2 The Basics: for the Non-Obstetrician
- Section 3 Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy
- 6 Pulmonary Infections in Pregnancy
- 7 Asthma in Pregnancy
- 8 Cystic Fibrosis in Pregnancy
- 9 Restrictive Lung Disease in Pregnancy
- 10 Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy
- 11 Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy
- 12 Sickle Chest Syndromes in Pregnancy
- 13 Sleep-disordered Breathing in Pregnancy
- 14 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy
- 15 Other Pulmonary Conditions in Pregnancy: Pleural Disease, Haemoptysis and Air Embolism
- Section 4 Pulmonary Conditions Related to Pregnancy
- Section 5 Other Pulmonary Issues in Pregnancy
- Index
- References
Summary
Restrictive lung diseases are conditions characterized by a reduction in lung volume, and may be subdivided according to the anatomic location of the pathology. Diseases of the lung parenchyma itself reduce lung volumes due to the poor compliance (‘stiffness’) of the lungs. Examples include interstitial lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, connective tissue diseases affecting the lung, sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. A second anatomic group involves diseases of the chest wall, where lung volumes are reduced by abnormalities of the lining of the lung (pleural thickening), the skeletal chest wall (e.g. marked kyphoscoliosis) or weakness of the muscles generating breathing activity (e.g. neuromuscular diseases).
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- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy , pp. 82 - 89Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020