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Classroom classification

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Pulmonary edema in children

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Common symptoms

占思乔、低氧血症、循环衰竭、胸痛、面色苍白、呼吸困难、呻吟、发绀、心动过速、呼吸性酸中毒、肝脏肿大

The pathology of disease

Pulmonary edema in children is cardiogenic (heart failure) vs non-cardiogenic (ARDS/nephrogenic); dyspnea; hypoxemia; treat cause; supportive; PICU.

Symptoms

Dyspnea; hypoxemia; known heart failure/ARDS/renal; child; frothy sputum; ICU

Causes

Cardiogenic (heart failure); non-cardiogenic (ARDS, renal, high altitude); child.

Treatment

Oxygen/CPAP/vent; diuresis if cardiogenic; treat cause; PICU/pediatric cardiology/pulmonology

Dept

Pediatrics / PICU / pediatric cardiology / pulmonology.

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