Reexpansion pulmonary edema: A rare complication of pneumothorax drainage

Among all the noncardiac causes of pulmonary edema, unilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema is one of the rarest complication of expansion of a collapsed lung. It is largely unknown and a potentially fatal complication. We present the case of a 51-year-old gentleman who presented to our emergency dep...

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Main Authors: Shivani Sarda, Ankur Verma, Sanjay Jaiswal, Wasil Rasool Sheikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.turkjemergmed.org/article.asp?issn=2452-2473;year=2020;volume=20;issue=4;spage=196;epage=198;aulast=Sarda