Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema after pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade.
We report a patient who developed adult respiratory distress syndrome following relief of pericardial tamponade. Because of increasing recognition of pulmonary edema in this situation, we recommend gradual removal of pericardial fluid with hemodynamic monitoring to limit the massive fluid shifts which appear to herald this dire complication.
Glasser
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Department of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501.
Fein
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Feinsilver
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Cotton
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Niederman
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D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000601:surgery; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography