Re-expansion pulmonary edema following video-assisted thoracic surgery for recurrent malignant pleural effusion

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 May;7(3):532-4. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2007.167312. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Authors

Nikolaos Barbetakis¹, Georgios Samanidis, Dimitrios Paliouras, Christodoulos Tsilikas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, A. Simeonidi 2, GR 54007, Thessaloniki, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 18319324
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.167312

Abstract

A rare case of a unilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema following video-assisted thoracic surgery for malignant pleural effusion is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Fatal Outcome
Fluid Therapy
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Male
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / complications
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / surgery*
Positive-Pressure Respiration
Pulmonary Atelectasis / etiology*
Pulmonary Atelectasis / surgery
Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Edema / etiology*
Pulmonary Edema / therapy
Radiography
Recurrence
Suction / adverse effects*
Sympathomimetics / therapeutic use
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / adverse effects*

Substances

Diuretics
Sympathomimetics