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Classroom classification

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Re-expansion pulmonary edema

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Common symptoms

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The pathology of disease

Re-expansion pulmonary edema is edema in re-expanded lung after rapid drainage of pneumothorax/large effusion; dyspnea/hypoxemia; support; slow drainage prevention.

Symptoms

Dyspnea; hypoxemia; cough frothy sputum; after rapid drainage of pneumothorax/effusion; unilateral; minutes-hours

Causes

Rapid re-expansion; increased capillary permeability; drained side.

Treatment

Supportive; oxygen; diuretics; avoid large-volume rapid drainage; chest tube; ICU if severe

Dept

Pulmonology / emergency / thoracic surgery.

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