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Bilateral re‐expansion pulmonary edema in a child: a reminder
Author(s) -
Özlü O.,
Kiliç A.,
Cengizlier R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.440717.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary edema , pneumothorax , pleural effusion , complication , effusion , edema , lung , pleural disease , surgery , respiratory disease
Re‐expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is an uncommon complication of sudden reinflation of a lung collapsed by pneumothorax or pleural effusion. We present a case of bilateral pulmonary edema following unilateral drainage of a pleural effusion in a young child with non‐Hodgkin’s lymphoma.