Adult respiratory distress syndrome and diabetes.
Non-cardiac pulmonary edema in a woman with long-lasting diabetes resulted in a distressing pulmonary fibrosis. It is suggested that pulmonary edema of non-cardiac origin might be more common in diabetes because of increased capillary permeability in this disease. Early recognition is important, and steroid treatment should be instituted to prevent development of pulmonary fibrosis.
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology