Recurrent hydrochlorothiazide-induced pulmonary edema.
Hydrochlorothiazide-induced pulmonary edema is an unusual but life-threatening adverse reaction. It causes hypoxemia, hypotension, tachycardia, fever, and occasionally electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities. The mechanism of production is, probably, idiosyncratic.
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Intensive Care Service, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain. arantxams@sumi.es
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D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide