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Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure after Large-Volume Thoracentesis. Mechanisms of Pleural Fluid Formation and Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: In BriefAn elderly woman presented with dyspnea and a large right-sided pleural effusion.After a large-volume thoracentesis, she developed acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and was transferred to the intensive care unit.Her case provides an opportunity to review the pathophysiology of reexpansion pulmonary edema and discuss how an understanding of pleural pressure monitoring may guide safe and maximal fluid removal during thoracentesis.

Source: Annals of the American Thoracic Society

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201510-716cc

Authors: James M. Walter, Michael A. Matthay, Colin T. Gillespie, Thomas Corbridge

Institutions: Northwestern University, University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute