title: The effect of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation in neurogenic pulmonary oedema. Report of a case.
abstract: The effect of positive end-expired pressure ventilation (PEEP) on mean systemic arterial pressure, mean pulmonary arterial pressure, mean pulmonary wedge pressure, mean intracranial pressure (ICP), and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), in a case of neurogenic pulmonary oedema (NPO) is presented. PEEP improved oxygenation, reduced, and finally stopped clinical pulmonary oedema. In this patient PEEP produced severe systemic hypotension. As a consequence of this, CPP was impaired.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*