Anaesthesiologie und Reanimation 1989
[Reexpansion edema of the lung as a complication of the treatment of a spontaneous pneumothorax].
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Abstract
It is reported on a 51-year-old patient in whom a reexpansion edema of the lung occurred after treatment of a pneumothorax. As a cause of the development of this complication, a high negative intrathoracic pressure is of high importance. Further pathogenetic factors are discussed.