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PubMed1990

A computed tomography study on formation, propagation, and resolution of edema fluid in metastatic brain tumors.

Propagation of contrast medium, which extravasated from small metastatic brain tumor, was imaged via CT. By maintaining a constant blood level of the contrast medium by prolonged infusion of 200 ml of 60% meglumine amidtrizoate for 3 hr and thus maintaining a constant passage of contrast labeled edema fluid into the peritumoral extracellular space, the spread of the newly formed edema fluid can be imaged by repeated CTs as a gradually expanding peritumoral circular enhancement into the neighboring white matter. Four patients with small metastatic brain tumor were investigated. CT scans were taken at identical levels 1.5, 3, 6, 9, and 12 hr after start of contrast infusion. After 4 to 7 days of dexamethasone treatment (0.15-0.25 mg/kg/day), the examination was repeated. The area of the expanding circular enhancement was planimetrically measured. From these values, the increase in radius per hour, respectively, in volume per hour were calculated assuming a spherical geometry. These data enabled a determination of the formation rate of edema fluid, of the speed of edema propagation, and of the resolution rate of edema fluid during tissue passage. The formation rate of edema fluid amounted to 0.6 to 3.2 ml/hr depending on tumor diameter and was reduced by about 30% after dexamethasone treatment. Edema fluid traveled 4.8 mm during the first 180 min and 1.9 mm during the consecutive 90 min. The resolution rate of edema fluid during tissue passage amounted to 0.05 ml/hr/cm3 white matter before dexamethasone treatment.

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PubMed1987

[Cerebral edema: intra-cellular or extra-cellular mechanisms?].

Many cerebral pathological processes are attended by edema defined as an increase in brain volume associated with an increase in brain water and sodium contents. The aggravation of lesions induced by this edema warrants a pharmacological and therapeutic approach based on a detailed knowledge of its physiopathological mechanisms. Experimental models and in vitro studies have shown that the fundamental mechanisms leading to edema are: cold, acute hypoxia, ischaemia, arachidonic acid, toxic substances and plasma hypo-osmolarity. To the various types of edema described (vasogenic, cytotoxic, hydrocephalic) correspond different mechanisms. Vasogenic edema essentially depends on osmotic and hydrodynamic factors; cytotoxic edema results from perturbations in energy-dependent cellular osmoregulation. The underlying biochemical disorders have now been demonstrated, mostly in ischaemic edema; they include, during the revascularization phase, disruption of the blood-brain barrier (vasogenic component) and changes in ion concentrations, neurotransmitters and energetic mechanisms. Key factors in the development of edema are cyclic AMP, serotonin and Na-K-ATPase.

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PubMed1984

Indapamide, a new antihypertensive/diuretic agent, in the treatment of patients with edema.

A multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group study of 219 patients with pitting edema of various causes was undertaken to determine the efficacy and safety of indapamide, administered orally (PO) in a 2.5-, 5-, or 10-mg once-daily dose, as compared with hydrochlorothiazide, administered PO in a 100-mg once-daily dose. Efficacy was evaluated by determining each patient's weight and degree of pitting edema periodically during 12 weeks of active treatment. Lessening of edema was measured by changes in the depth of pitting in the pretibial area, ten to 14 inches below the patella. The depth of pitting was assigned an arbitrary number between 0 and 4, with 0 equivalent to no edema and 4 equivalent to more than 6 mm of pitting edema. After one week of treatment, the mean reduction of pitting edema from baseline, using the 0 to 4 scale, was 1.6 (30%) in both the indapamide (mean of the three groups) and hydrochlorothiazide groups. There were no significant differences among the three dosage levels of indapamide. After 12 weeks of treatment the mean decrease from baseline was 1.8 (34%), indicating a stable reduction of edema. The mean weight loss at one week was 2.5 kg for the three indapamide groups and 2.6 kg for the hydrochlorothiazide group; this loss was maintained for the 12 weeks of the study. The mean decreases in weight and pitting edema were clinically and statistically significant (P less than 0.05) for both medications.

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PubMed1995

[Quantitative evaluation of corneal epithelial barrier function in corneal epithelial edema].

Corneal epithelial barrier function in patients with corneal epithelial edema was evaluated by fluorophotometry. Fluorescein uptake through the intact corneal epithelium was 28.1 +/- 2.7 ng/ml (n = 35, mean +/- SE (standard error), calculated from the standard line) at 30 minutes after instillation of 3 microliters of 0.5% sodium fluorescein (20 minutes after eye washing with 20 ml of BSS PLUS). Fluorescein uptake by the cornea in 7 patients with corneal epithelial edema and 6 patients with corneal stromal edema without epithelial edema were 2,489.7 +/- 1,045.6 ng/ml and 99.3 +/- 25.0 ng/ml, respectively, showing a significant increase when compared to normal corneal epithelium (p < 0.0005). Moreover, in patients with corneal epithelial edema, the corneal epithelial barrier function showed significant decrease in comparison with those having corneal stromal edema without epithelial edema (p < 0.05). These results demonstrate a significant decrease in the corneal epithelial barrier function in the epithelial edema.

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PubMed1993

Pulmonary edema: pathophysiology, methods of measurement, and clinical importance in acute respiratory failure.

Pulmonary edema is a common component of adult respiratory failure. The edema process is much more complex than simply excess water and/or protein crossing the microvascular membrane. The interstitial space itself is an active component of pulmonary edema, as are the alveolar type I and type II cells. Changes in the interstitium are particularly important in increased permeability edema. The clinical measurement of lung water can be performed by a number of methods, each with its own specific advantages and disadvantages. The role of edema itself in lung failure is variable. Depending on the disease, water content correlates well with impaired oxygenation in cardiogenic edema and relatively poorly in increased permeability edema, especially established adult respiratory distress syndrome. Recognition of the mechanisms, measurements, and relevance of lung edema is of considerable importance in the critical care setting.

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PubMed1993

Quantitative effects of myocardial edema on the left ventricular pressure-volume relation. Influence of cardioplegia osmolarity over two hours of ischemic arrest.

We previously studied edema and left ventricular pressure-volume relations in a porcine heart model in which edema occurred even with hyperosmolar crystalloid cardioplegia. This susceptibility to edema was attributed to venous occlusion and an initial 20-minute period of ischemia. Results did not demonstrate reversal of edema by hyperosmolar perfusates. Accordingly, in the present study, heart weight, myocardial water content, and left ventricular pressure-volume curves were measured before and after perfusion-induced edema in eight isolated, arrested, hypothermic porcine hearts. Cardioplegic solution was infused 2.1 +/- 0.8 minutes after the onset of ischemia, and the atrioventricular ring was not clamped during the administration of cardioplegic solution. Cardioplegic solution (1 L) was infused at intervals of 33 +/- 6 minutes at 4 degrees C. Solution osmolarity was 380 (Stanford solution) or 294 mOsm/L (Plegisol solution). The perfusion sequence was 380-1, 380-2, 294-1, 380-3. Pressure-volume relations were assessed with the use of left ventricular volume at a pressure of 10 mm Hg and the ventricular chamber stiffness constant, beta, derived from P = alpha e beta V. Perfusions 380-1 and 380-2 did not affect the pressure-volume curve. Perfusion 294-1 increased heart weight and water content (p < 0.05) and decreased left ventricular volume at 10 mm Hg compared with perfusions 380-1, 380-2, and 380-3. In addition, beta increased (0.023 +/- 0.005 versus 0.029 +/- 0.006, p < 0.05) after perfusion 294-1, compared with 380-1. Correlation coefficients for linear regressions between left ventricular volume at 10 mm Hg and heart weight and water content were r = 0.84 and r = 0.70, respectively. We conclude that under conditions similar to those used clinically, the left ventricle of the pig does not develop edema with Stanford solution (380 mOsm/L). Edema does follow Plegisol solution (294 mOsm/L) cardioplegia. Edema and reduced compliance are incompletely reversed by hypertonic cardioplegia. The porcine left ventricle can usefully replicate the clinical model.

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PubMed1996

Massive vulvar edema complicating tocolysis in a patient with twins. A case report.

BACKGROUND: Severe vulvar edema is an extremely rare complication of pregnancy. One other case of tocolysis-induced vulvar edema has been reported, as have five cases of postpartum vulvar edema, associated with an 80% maternal mortality rate. CASE: A multipara with a twin gestation presented with premature labor at 31 weeks. The patient had no history of trauma, lymphatic obstruction, venous obstruction or infection. On the fifth day of tocolysis with magnesium sulfate, nifedipine, terbutaline and betamethasone, edema developed in both labia. The following day the vulvar edema had increased and spread to the sacrum. The patient was normotensive and afebrile. Resolution occurred in spite of continuous tocolytic therapy, which was stopped at 35 weeks. Two days later, on hospital day 27, the patient spontaneously delivered two healthy, male infants. CONCLUSION: The two reported cases of tocolysis-induced vulvar edema were not fatal and resolved after repositioning the patient in one case and by cesarean section in the other. However, since maternal death has occurred with postpartum vulvar edema, the patient with vulvar edema merits special attention. The WBC count should be determined and the patient's circulatory status evaluated to rule out hypovolemia.

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PubMed1996

[Distinctions of petroclival meningioma with perifocal edema on adjacent brain stem].

Although the most frequent benign tumor of the central nervous system, meningioma may be associated with extensive peritumoral edema. Whereas, peritumoral edema in the brain stem along the tumor in the infratentorial region has not been given sufficient recognition. Among 44 meningiomas attached to the petrous bone, 25 cerebellopontine angle meningiomas and 17 petroclival meningiomas, peritumoral edema in the brain stem along the tumor were clearly demonstrated on T2 weighted images of MRI in three petroclival meningiomas (6.8% of all clival and 17.6% of petroclival meningiomas). Attempts were made to surgically remove all of these tumors. However, during surgery an arachnoid/pial layer between the tumor and brain stem was destroyed completely and small perforating arteries were found to be encased in the tumor at the level of the associated edema. So surgical dissection of the tumors from the brain stem was quite difficult. By attempting radical removal of the tumor in the first case, even meticulous dissections caused direct surgical damage in the brain stem due to the obliteration of small perforating vessels. In the second case, a thin layer of the tumor remnant beside the brain stem was left intentionally, but a severe damage of the brain stem also occurred due to the obliteration of small perforating vessels. In the third case, only bulk reduction of the tumor was attempted to minimize the mass effect to the brain stem and the tumor located beside the brain stem with edema and encasing the cranial nerves and the perforating arteries from the vertebrobasilar artery was left untouched. This surgical attempt caused a transient worsening of a swallowing disturbance, but was not associated with the brain stem damage in this case. In meningiomas attached to the clivus, existence of associated peritumoral edema in the adjacent brain stem on T2 weighted images on MRI may be caused by the destruction of a arachnoid/pial layer and the encasement of small perforating vessels. The attempt at tumor dissection from the brain stem at the level of the edema was very difficult and led to serious surgical complications due to direct damage to the brain stem. In such cases, the surgery should aim at achieving a simple bulk reduction and the tumor beside the brain stem with edema should be left untouched.

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PubMed1996

The plain chest radiograph and clinical management of pulmonary edema in pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reproducibility of radiographic quantification of pulmonary edema on the supine plain chest radiograph and to correlate the radiographic appearance of edema with the clinical assessment and treatment of pulmonary edema. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective, blind, descriptive study of 24 women with singleton pregnancies in the last trimester selected because of a clinical question of pulmonary edema. RESULTS: Interobserver variability between radiologists resulted in an average weighted kappa of .71 in grading edema on a 0-3 scale where 0 = no edema and 3 = alveolar flooding. The vascular pedicle (a measure of central circulating volume) was larger among patients who received furosemide (63.4 mm) than those who did not (57.0 mm) (P = .01). The vascular pedicle was also larger among patients receiving tocolytics or steroids (62.8 mm) than those who did not (56.0 mm) (P = .01). The radiographic edema score tended to be lower in patients who received tocolytics and steroids (P = .05). The other correlations were not significant. CONCLUSION: Radiographic assessment of pulmonary edema shows fair to good reproducibility, but the clinical correlations are modest. A wider understanding of the wealth of physiologic information available on the plain chest radiograph may prove invaluable in understanding the clinical course and treatment of these patients.

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PubMed1996

Effect of dipyrone, L-NAME and L-arginine on endotoxin-induced rat paw edema.

Paw edema was induced in male Wistar rats (200-250 g) by intraplantar (ipl) administration of 2.5 micrograms endotoxin (Etx). Etx, like carrageenin, produced two distinct edema formation phases, an early phase (75 min) followed by a late phase (7 h). We showed that the edema formation in the early phase was antagonized by dipyrone (80 mg/kg, i.p.) and indomethacin (1 mg/kg, i.p.) by 52% and 55%, respectively, and that the late phase was resistant to these drugs. These results suggest that in the early phase prostaglandins appear to be involved in the process. However, the activation of the kinin cascade leading to the release of other mediators may be involved in the increase of edema in the late phase. To test this hypothesis, we investigated whether the release of nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the mechanism of endotoxin-induced rat paw edema during the late phase, using N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (50 micrograms, ipl) as inhibitor of NO synthase and L-arginine (1 mg, ipl) as substrate of NO synthase. The paw edema induced by Etx was inhibited by L-NAME by 56% and increased by L-arginine by 81%. Furthermore, L-arginine given in combination with L-NAME completely reversed the inhibition of Etx-induced edema produced by L-NAME. These results support the hypothesis that in the late phase NO production is associated with the edema evoked by Etx.

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PubMed1998

[Approach to upper limb edema secondary to subclavian vein occlusion situated distal to an arteriovenous fistula].

AIM OF THE STUDY: To analyse the course of upper limb edema in patients with an arteriovenous fistula used for dialysis and to analyse the available therapeutic options. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of patients with this type of edema, who were treated in our institution from 1992 to 1996. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seven consecutive patients with an arterioveinous fistula treated for edema of the upper extremity, were reviewed. The fistula was created at the elbow in 6 patients and at the forearm in 1. The edema appeared immediately after operation in 4 patients and after a delay in 3 patients. Stenosis (3 patients) or occlusion (2 patients) of the subclavian vein was documented in 5 patients who were investigated by angiography. RESULTS: The edema regressed spontaneously in 4 patients because collaterals developed in 3 patients, and the fistula thrombosed in 1 patient. Surgical intervention allowed regression of the edema in the other 3 patients: excessive output of the fistula was reduced in 2 patients and an axillojugular bypass was performed in 1 patient. The fistula remained effective in 6 patients. Another fistula was performed on the contralateral arm in 1 patient. CONCLUSION: Non-operative management is recommended in patients who develop edema immediately after creation of the fistula, because spontaneous regression is likely. Measures aimed at reducing the output of the fistula or enhancing the venous capacities of the arm are required when edema appears at a later stage. The fistula can be saved in the majority of cases.

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Risk factors for diffuse and focal macular edema.

OBJECTIVE: The epidemiological risk factors for the different forms of diabetic macular edema (focal or diffuse) are not differentiated in the literature. In the present study, the objective was to determine which risk factors influence the appearance of focal or diffuse macular edema. RESEARCH, DESIGN, AND METHODS: A 4-year prospective study in a population of Type II diabetic patients (NIDDM) in three groups, the first with 29 patients with diffuse diabetic macular edema (Group A), the second with 32 patients with focal macular edema (Group B), and the third with 32 patients with diabetic retinopathy but without diabetic macular edema (Group C); the three groups were selected on the basis of sex, age, and duration of diabetes with similar patterns. We studied the following risk factors: treatment of diabetes mellitus by insulin, presence of diastolic blood hypertension, presence of microalbuminuria or diabetic nephropathy, levels of HbA1c, type of diabetic retinopathy, presence of previous panretinal photocoagulation, and levels of triglycerides and fractions of cholesterol. RESULTS: In discriminant analysis and in order of importance, the epidemiological risk factors for Group A were the following: presence of panretinal laser, diastolic blood hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, and insulin treatment; for group B, the risk factors were the following: insulin treatment, presence of diastolic blood hypertension, and high levels of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c); and for group, C the risk factors were the following: diastolic blood hypertension, insulin treatment of diabetes, and high levels of HbA1c. CONCLUSIONS: In the present study, the group of patients with focal macular edema were epidemiologically similar to the group of patients with diabetic retinopathy without macular edema, the group of patients with diffuse macular edema were epidemiologically different.

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PubMed2000

The role of fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy in the management of the acute airway in angioneurotic edema.

BACKGROUND: Angioneurotic edema of the upper aerodigestive tract (AEUAT) often challenges the otolaryngologist with the decision of surgical intervention versus observation. OBJECTIVE: To develop a logical approach to the evaluation and management of the airway in patients with AEUAT, emphasizing fiberoptic examination (FOE) findings. METHODS: A computer-based retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with AEUAT was performed. The charts were reviewed for demographics, etiology, medical history, presentation, physical examination, imaging studies, intervention, and outcome. Findings on FOE as well as other covariants were statistically compared. RESULTS: Seventy patients with AEUAT were identified. The etiologies consisted of 24 cases of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor use (33%), 10 allergic reactions (17%), 1 hereditary (1.5%), and 35 idiopathic cases (48%). Fourteen patients underwent airway intervention, including 6 tracheotomies and 8 intubations. Of the 14 patients, 5 underwent emergent intervention before fiberoptic examination, 4 had laryngeal edema only, and 5 had both laryngeal and base of tongue edema. No patients with both laryngeal and base of tongue edema were observed. The remaining 52 patients were observed in a monitored setting and required no subsequent intervention. CONCLUSION: FOE is an invaluable tool in the assessment of the compromised airway in patients with angioneurotic edema Laryngeal edema alone is an ominous physical finding. When laryngeal and pharyngeal edema are present together, the physician should consider immediate intervention. Our findings indicate that symptoms, including stridor, hoarseness, and dysphagia, do correlate with disease severity; however, they must be confirmed with fiberoptic visualization. Although sound clinical judgment should always be exercised, we present our results in the management of the acute airway in angioneurotic edema.

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[Thoracic lymphadenopathy due to vascular transformation of lymph node sinuses associated with upper limb edema in a chronic hemodialysis patient with congestive heart failure].

BACKGROUND: Vascular transformation of lymph node sinuses (VTLS) is a rare disorder characterized by transformation of lymph node sinuses into endothelium-lined capillary-like channels. This phenomenon was originally discovered by accident whilst examining regional lymph nodes draining cancer. However, it has been found in association with other conditions associated with lympho venous congestion and distension, such as congestive heart failure (CHF) or even lymphoadenopathy alone. CASE REPORT: We describe the clinical case of a male dialysis patient with CHF (secondary to ischemic-hypertensive cardiac failure) who developed gross edema of the upper left limb on the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) side. Edema appeared within a month after carotid endoarteriectomy following approximately twenty years of chronic hemodialysis. Doppler ultrasound with other investigations showed that subclavian and upper cava veins were patent, but revealed many enlarged lymph nodes in the upper left thorax and in the left axilla. Suspicion of lymphoproliferative disease or metastatic involvement was raised and a lymph node biopsy was performed, revealing VTLS. Bone marrow biopsy and abdominal tomographies showed no mass or a proliferative disorder. Based on a hypothesis of an association between upper limb edema and ipsilateral AVF, the AVF was tied. The upper limb edema decreased dramatically within weeks, whilst RRT was continued by means of a central venous catheter. However, a few months later the patient's condition worsened; he developed relapsing pleural effusions and eventually died. Post-mortem examination revealed severe ischemic-calcific cardiopathy and showed that major thoracic and brachial vessels were patent whilst most thoracic and hilar lymph nodes showed VTLS and fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS: We believe that in our patient CHF was the primary cause of thoracic adenomegaly and that CHF, together with venous hypertension at the left fistula's arm, caused ipsilateral limb edema. Thus, adenomegaly due to VTLS could represent an accompanying feature even in upper limb edema in chronic hemodialysis patients. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an association. In our patient months were "lost" because we thought that limb edema was secondary to the adenomegaly. It is important that clinicians working in dialysis units are aware that when upper limb edema is present, adenomegaly might just be an accompanying symptom, especially in case of concomitant diagnosis of CHF.

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PubMed1979

[Pregnancy and delivery combined with hereditory angioneurotic edema (author's transl)].

Two deliveries in a patient combined with hereditory angioneurotic edema are reported. Although even the smallest trauma can lead to life threatening edema the tendency to edema is reduced during pregnancy. Neither in the vagina nor the vulva the deliveries caused edema. The episiotomy did not cause a concomitant edema of the vulva, despite the predilection of the external genital organs for edema. It is possible that a correlation between the gonadotrophin level and the tendency to edema exists in hereditory angioneurotic edema.

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PubMed2004

[Radiologic criteria to differentiate pulmonary edema].

The most common causes of pulmonary edema are cardiac failure, renal failure and injury edema (diffuse alveolar damage). The injury edema typically shows airspace consolidation due to exsudation of fluid in the periphery of the lung with air bronchograms, no interstitial fluid accumulation can be found and only rarely pleural effusions are present. Cardiac and renal edemas often show a mixed interstitial and alveolar transudation without air bronchograms. Pleural effusions are often present. Both usually have an increased heart-size and an increased vascular pedicle width. To distinguish them better one has to look at the distribution of the pulmonary edema: The cardiac edema typically shows a gravitational and the renal edema a central distribution.

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PubMed1995

Raised leg exercises for leg edema in the elderly.

UNLABELLED: Leg edema is a common problem in the elderly and requires further evaluation and management. METHOD: From October 1990 to July 1992, 245 patients presented to the Cleveland Clinic Florida with leg edema. All patients were counseled about the benefits of twenty-minute, three-times-a-day raised-leg exercises. Fifty seven (57) of the 245 patients were not compliant with this regimen (nonexercise group). Although not true controls, they formed a comparison group for those who performed the exercise regimen. The exercise group was composed of 188 patients with a mean age of 73 +/- 6.8 years, 25 (13%) men and 163 (87%) women; the nonexercise group was composed of 57 patients with a mean age of 71.9 +/- 4.3, 19 (33%) men and 38 (67%) women. Workup for leg edema included: comprehensive history, clinical examination including prostate or pelvic examination, complete blood count, chemistry profile, thyroid profile, electrocardiogram, chest radiograph, and, when indicated, pelvic or leg ultrasound and pelvic computed tomographic scan. The circumference of the leg with the maximum amount of edema was measured initially and on the fourth week. RESULTS: In this study, the common causes of leg edema in the elderly population were venous stasis (63.2%), drug induced (13.8%), and heart failure (15.1%). Postphlebitic syndrome, cirrhosis, lymphedema, lipedema, prostate carcinoma (CA), and ovarian mass were the less frequent findings. Upon comparison of the circumference of leg edema on initial visit and four weeks after, both the exercise and nonexercise groups showed significant decreases in the measurement of the leg edema (P < .001) except those caused by lymphedema.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1978

Incidence and pathophysiology of pulmonary edema in fulminant hepatic failure.

Thirty-seven of 100 consecutive patients with fulminant hepatic failure had clinical and radiological evidence of pulmonary edema. None of them had clinical evidence of left heart failure, and the pulmonary artery wedge pressure measured in 12 patients was normal. Similarly, there was no evidence to incriminate renal failure, endotoxemia, or hypoalbuminemia. However, there was a significantly higher incidence of pulmonary edema in patients with cerebral edema, suggesting either a central origin for the pulmonary edema or common factors predisposing to edema in both sites. An additional local factor may have been the presence of intrapulmonary vasodilatation. Detailed isotope studies in 11 patients showed a significantly increased pulmonary extravascular water volume in the patients with pulmonary edema which was in keeping with the severity of the radiological changes. Although the over-all mortality was higher in those patients with pulmonary edema than in those without, the difference was not significant, and early ventilation with positive and expiratory pressure achieved adequate oxygenation in all but 3 patients.

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