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Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory PathwayOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Pulmonary oedema is differentiated into 2 categories:
cardiogenic and noncardiogenic. In cardiogenic pulmonary
oedema, a high pulmonary capillary pressure (as estimated
clinically from the pulmonary artery wedge pressure) is
responsible for the abnormal fluid movement.
In contrast, noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema is
caused by various disorders in which factors other than
elevated pulmonary capillary pressure are responsible for
protein and fluid accumulation in the alveoli. The distinction
between cardiogenic and noncardiogenic causes is not always
possible, since the clinical syndrome may represent a
combination of several different disorders.
Many causes of NPE exist, including drowning, acute
glomerulonephritis, fluid overload, aspiration, inhalation
injury, neurogenic pulmonary oedema, allergic reaction, adult
respiratory distress syndrome.
The diagnosis is important, however, because treatment
varies considerably depending upon the underlying
pathophysiologic mechanisms. The correct diagnosis relies on
clinical and radiologic findings, despite some overlap in the
clinical and imaging findings between the different causes.