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OBJECTIVE
To review available information on cough and angioneurotic edema associated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
METHODS
All relevant articles from 1966 through 1991 were identified mainly through MEDLINE search and article bibliographies.
METHODS
More than 400 articles
Three cases of high altitude pulmonary edema (Hurtado's disease) are described. The onset of the symptoms occurred within 72 hours after arrival from the sea level. Their main clinical features were dry cough, shortness of breath, tachycardia, progressive dyspnea and weakness. Rales and obstructive
Pulmonary edema after re-expansion of a pneumothorax occurs within a maximum of 3 days of the pneumothorax and manifests by intense clinical signs (cough, abundant foamy expectoration, major cyanosis), marked hypoxia and a "white lung" radiologic image. The outcome was rapidly favorable in the case
The case is a 48-year-old female who presented with mild dyspnea on exertion and cough with unremarkable vital signs and was found to have a large right sided pneumothorax. She underwent small bore chest tube decompression with immediate reexpansion of the collapsed lung. However, she rapidly
An unusual case of fibrosing mediastinitis with obstruction of the inferior and superior left pulmonary veins and severe narrowing of the right pulmonary artery, disclosed after unilateral pulmonary edema, is described. The 18-year-old male patient had a long history of cough, progressive dyspnea
High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a form of high altitude illness characterized by cough, dyspnea upon exertion progressing to dyspnea at rest and eventual death, seen in patients who ascend over 2,500 meters, particularly if that ascent is rapid. This case describes a patient with no prior
BACKGROUND
Postobstructive pulmonary edema (POPE) is a form of sudden onset, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that can occur after the relief of an upper airway obstruction.
OBJECTIVE
Since POPE is an uncommon diagnosis made in the emergency department (ED), this case is presented to increase
A 17-year-old previously well ice hockey player experienced acute shortness of breath and cough productive of clear frothy sputum about 1.5 hours following an ice hockey match. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema was found to develop as a result of the inhalation of the oxides of nitrogen. The latter was