Re-expansion pulmonary oedema.

Petiot, Alice;Tawk, Sammy;Ghaye, Benoît
(2018) The Lancet — Vol. 392, n° 10146, p. 507 (2018)

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  • Petiot, AliceUCLouvain
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  • Tawk, SammyUCLouvain
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  • Ghaye, BenoîtUCLouvain
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Abstract
(en) A 46-year-old man presented to the emergency department with moderate dyspnoea and a 4-day history of cough. His medical history also included alcoholic cirrhosis with portal hypertension and ascites. On admission, a chest x-ray showed complete white-out of the right hemithorax with contralateral mediastinal deviation compatible with a large pleural effusion—presumed to be hepatic hydrothorax (figure). A chest drain was inserted into the right pleural cavity under ultrasound guidance and 2 L of clear fluid were rapidly drained over approximately 2 min. [...]
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Petiot, A., Tawk, S., & Ghaye, B. (2018). Re-expansion pulmonary oedema. The Lancet, 392(10146), 507. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31722-7 (Original work published 2018)