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1 Signs and symptoms

Symptoms of pulmonary edema include difficulty breathing, coughing up blood, excessive sweating, anxiety and pale skin. If left untreated, it can lead to death, generally due to its main complication of acute respiratory shock syndrome .

2 Diagnosis

Pulmonary edema is generally suspected due to findings in the medical history and physical examination: end-inspiratory crackles during auscultation (listening to the breathing through a stethoscope) can be due to pulmonary edema. The diagnosis is confirmed on X-ray of the lungs, which shows increased vascular filling and fluid in the alveolar walls.

3 Causes

Pulmonary edema is either due to direct damage to the tissue or as a result of inadequate functioning of the heart or circulatory system.

Circulatory causes:

• Heart failure
• Severe heart attack
• Excess body fluids from kidney failure

Tissue damage:

• inhalation of toxic gases
• severe infection
• lack of proper altitude acclimatization.

4 Therapy

When circulatory causes have led to pulmonary edema, treatment with loop diuretics, such as furosemide or bumetanideBumetanide is a loop diuretic of the sulfamyl category. It is used in patients in whom high doses of furosemide are ineffective. Loop diuretics., is the mainstay of therapy. Other useful treaments include glyceryl trinitrateGlyceryl trinitrate GTN is the pharmaceutical name for nitroglycerin. GTN is a vasodilator which is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of angina. Intravenous infusion can also be used to treat pulmonary edema. The origins of the medical use (possibly a, CPAP and oxygenOxygen is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol O and atomic number 8. The element is very common, found not only on Earth but throughout the universe. Molecular oxygen (O, often called free oxygen on Earth is thermodynamically un.

There are no causal therapies for direct tissue damage; removal of the causes (e.g. treating an infection) is the most important measure.

5 Reference

• Medical Encyclopedia entry

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