Items tagged “pulmonary oedema”
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a form of acute lung injury and occurs as a result of a severe pulmonary injury that causes alveolar damage heterogeneously throughout the lung. It can either result from a direct pulmonary source or as a response to systemic injury.
This is a disti...
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Re-expansion pulmonary edema
Published
11 Jan 2012
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Interstitial pulmonary edema
Published
14 Mar 2012
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CT
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Upper lobe pulmonary venous diversion
Upper lobe pulmonary venous diversion (also described as cephalisation of the pulmonary veins) reflects elevation of left atrial pressure and is an early sign of pulmonary edema.
Clinical presentation
The normal left atrial pressure is 5-10 mmHg. An elevation of left atrial pressure to 10-15 m...
Case
Upper lobe venous diversion
Published
01 Jul 2012
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Pulmonary edema
Published
04 May 2015
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Stag's antler sign (lungs)
The stag's antler sign, also known as the hands-up or inverted moustache sign, refers to upper lobe pulmonary venous diversion in pulmonary venous hypertension or pulmonary edema as seen on an erect frontal chest radiograph.
The prominence of upper lobe pulmonary veins resembles a stag's antler...
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Pulmonary edema
Published
14 Aug 2020
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Near drowning pulmonary edema
Published
18 Jul 2023
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
Published
24 Jan 2024
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