These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema: can it be predicted preoperatively?
    Author: Caras WE.
    Journal: Chest; 1998 Sep; 114(3):928-31. PubMed ID: 9743186.
    Abstract:
    Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema (PPE) is a rarely reported form of acute lung injury which occurs in up to 4% of all pneumonectomies. The details of two well-documented cases of PPE are described with special emphasis paid to the preoperative lung functions. Both cases illustrated a striking disparity between preserved spirometric lung function and advanced emphysema as detected by quantitative CT emphysema scores and single-breath diffusion of carbon monoxide measurements. Though retrospective in nature, these results suggest a restricted capillary volume plays a critical role in the development of PPE.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]