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Acute localised pulmonary oedema
Author(s) -
KHOO S. T.,
CHEN F. G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb06639.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , pulmonary oedema , complication , diaphragm (acoustics) , pleural effusion , pulmonary edema , effusion , surgery , radiology , lung , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Summary Re‐expansion pulmonary oedema is a rare complication to follow the treatment of pneumothorax or pleural effusion. A unique ease is described here which occurred in a young man immediately after the surgical repair of a ruptured diaphragm. The possible causative mechanisms are discussed.