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Severe re-expansion pulmonary edema despite incomplete re-expansion of the lung: a case report

BACKGROUND: Re-expansion pulmonary edema is a rare but potentially fatal (mortality up to 20%) complication of the rapid removal of air, fluid, or other space-occupying lesion from the pleural cavity. This case report highlights the fact that this complication is much more likely to occur when treat...

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Autor principal: Zabielna, Alicja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8520295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34654468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03112-w