title: Acute pulmonary edema from unrecognized high irrigation pressure in hysteroscopy: a report of two cases.
abstract: After two consecutive patients underwent hysteroscopy that was complicated by pulmonary edema, the pneumatically inflated pressure cuff machine was checked and found that the pressure gauge was in error, with actual pressure being twice that of the recorded number. High irrigation pressures with a seemingly normal amount of irrigation fluid may induce acute pulmonary edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Ta-Liang
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chuen-Chau
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chao-Shun
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yuan-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D011312:Pressure; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000009:adverse effects*