Published in:
01-11-2009 | Correspondence
Unilateral pulmonary edema and shock: a diagnostic challenge
Authors:
Pablo Salinas, Roberto Martín-Reyes, Rafael Peinado, Ulises Ramírez
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 11/2009
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Excerpt
Unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) is a recurrent cause of misdiagnosis. The differential diagnosis includes any cause of pulmonary infiltrates: pneumonia, aspiration, alveolar hemorrhage, neoplasm, lung infarction, atelectasis or bronchial obstruction [
1,
2]. UPE is more frequent in the upper right lung, and it has been reported in mitral regurgitation (MR), intracranial shunts, pulmonary vein obstruction and myocardial infarction without MR [
3]. …