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Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax
Bilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is an extremely rare entity. We report the unique case of bilateral RPE following a traumatic, unilateral hemopneumothorax in a young healthy male. Bilateral RPE occurred only one hour after drainage of a unilateral hemopneumothorax. The patient was treat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25713699 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6000.1 |
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author | de Wolf, Steven P Deunk, Jaap Cornet, Alexander D Elbers, Paul WG |
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description | Bilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is an extremely rare entity. We report the unique case of bilateral RPE following a traumatic, unilateral hemopneumothorax in a young healthy male. Bilateral RPE occurred only one hour after drainage of a unilateral hemopneumothorax. The patient was treated with diuretics and supplemental oxygen. Diagnosis was confirmed by excluding other causes, using laboratory findings, chest radiography, pulmonary and cardiac ultrasound and high resolution computed tomography. His recovery was uneventful. The pathophysiology of bilateral RPE is not well known. Treatment is mainly supportive and consists of diuretics, mechanical ventilation, inotropes and steroids. In case of a pulmonary deterioration after the drainage of a traumatic pneumothorax, bilateral RPE should be considered after exclusion of more common causes of dyspnea. |
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spelling | pubmed-43355962015-02-23 Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax de Wolf, Steven P Deunk, Jaap Cornet, Alexander D Elbers, Paul WG F1000Res Case Report Bilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) is an extremely rare entity. We report the unique case of bilateral RPE following a traumatic, unilateral hemopneumothorax in a young healthy male. Bilateral RPE occurred only one hour after drainage of a unilateral hemopneumothorax. The patient was treated with diuretics and supplemental oxygen. Diagnosis was confirmed by excluding other causes, using laboratory findings, chest radiography, pulmonary and cardiac ultrasound and high resolution computed tomography. His recovery was uneventful. The pathophysiology of bilateral RPE is not well known. Treatment is mainly supportive and consists of diuretics, mechanical ventilation, inotropes and steroids. In case of a pulmonary deterioration after the drainage of a traumatic pneumothorax, bilateral RPE should be considered after exclusion of more common causes of dyspnea. F1000Research 2014-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4335596/ /pubmed/25713699 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6000.1 Text en Copyright: © 2014 de Wolf SP et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). |
spellingShingle | Case Report de Wolf, Steven P Deunk, Jaap Cornet, Alexander D Elbers, Paul WG Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
title | Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
title_full | Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
title_fullStr | Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
title_short | Case Report: Bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
title_sort | case report: bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema following treatment of a unilateral hemothorax |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4335596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25713699 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6000.1 |
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