title: Re-expansion pulmonary edema in a patient with total pneumothorax: a hazardous outcome.
abstract: Re-expansion pulmonary edema (REPE) is a rare complication of treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax or large pleural effusions. As a complication of spontaneous pneumothorax treatment, only few cases are documented, and even fewer document the role of non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure mechanical ventilation for treatment of this rare entity. We present a case of 23-year-old man who presented with left-sided pneumothorax, developed unilateral REPE and was treated with non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 401 Military Hospital of Athens, Ave Kanellopoulou & Ave Mesogion, 11525 Athens, Greece. sakellaridis_t@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakellaridis
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panagiotou
authors.forename: Athanassios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arsenoglou
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaselouris
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piyis
mesh_terms: D015505:Chest Tubes; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D055815:Young Adult