Atelectasis fever decreased as the incidence of atelectasis increased. A recent review article summarizing the available published evidence on the association between atelectasis and post-op fever concluded that there is no clinical evidence supporting this doctrine. The most common cause is post-surgical atelectasis, characterized by splinting, i.e. restricted breathing after abdominal surgery. Another common cause is pulmonary tuberculosis. Smokers and the elderly are also at an increased risk. Outside of this context, atelectasis implies some blockage of a bronchiole or bronchus, which can be within the airway (foreign body, mucus plug), from the wall (tumor, usually squamous cell carcinoma) or compressing
Destroy All Humans! 2 worm to crawl around, eating nearby humans. The Anti-Gravity Field, which creates a small point of high gravity, which pulls anything, including humans, into it before exploding, destroying anything. "Destroy All Humans! 2" received generally positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox version 76.61% and 74/100 and the PlayStation 2 version 75.75% and 74/100. GameZone stated that "The new weapons and body snatching ability just add more fun to a game with huge open worlds and the plentiful side missions" and that the ""game actually supersedes the original"". The AI was criticized by TeamXbox,