title: [Medical therapy of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Critical review].
abstract: After a survey of conventional and modern therapeutic strategies in pulmonary edema, a simple clinical approach to the management of this cardiac emergency is suggested. The central role of chlorpromazine, as a vasodilator drug, is also stressed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004070:Digitalis; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009020:Morphine; D005665:Furosemide; D005996:Nitroglycerin; D002746:Chlorpromazine
vernacular_title: La terapia medica dell'edema polmonare acuto cardiogeno. Revisione critica.