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Pages 23-25 (January - March 1980)
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Vol. 16. Issue 1.
Pages 23-25 (January - March 1980)
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Edema pulmonar unilateral tras aspiracion de neumotorax
Unilateral pulmonary edema after aspiration of penumothorax
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E. López-Bermejo Muñoz, F. Renom Sotorras, A. García Molne, J. Forteza-Rey Borralleras, F. de la Calle del Moral
Complejo Sanitario de la Seguridad Social Virgen de Lluch. Departamento Medicina Interna. Sección de Aparato Respiratorio. Palma de Mallorca.
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Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente que desarrolló un edema pulmonar unilateral tras la aspiración de un neumotorax izquierdo. El paciente llevaba cinco días con la clínica y la aspiración empleada fue de 20 cm. H2O. La radiología y la clínica así como la evolución que se describen son demostrativas. Se señalan en la discusión del caso clínico las precauciones que se deben tomar para evitar esta complicación y asimismo se describen los mecanismos fisiopatológicos que se han implicado en la expliración de esta complicación.

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The authors present the clinical case of a patient who developed a unilateral pulmonary edema after aspiration of a left penumothorax. The patient had presented this clinical picture during five days and the aspiration used was 20 cm. H2O. Both the radiology and the clinical picture as well as the evolution described by the authors are demonstrative. In the discussion of this case the authors indicate the precautions that should be taken in order to avoid this complication and also describe the physiopathologic mechanisms implicated in the explanation of this complication.

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