Pulmonary edema is a buildup of fluid in your lungs. That can make it hard for you to breathe. When you take a breath, your lungs should fill with air. If you have pulmonary edema, they fill with ...

Pulmonary edema is a critical condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs, causing leakage from blood vessels into air sacs normally filled with air for oxygen exchange. This accumulation impedes ...

To differentiate non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema from cardiogenic causes, there are a few areas that the CDI specialists and coders can look for in the documentation. Q: When is it appropriate to ...

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It is generally accepted that it is wise to search for myocardial infarction due to associated atherosclerotic coronary heart disease when hypertensive patients develop pulmonary edema. This approach ...

In a retrospective study of 100 patients treated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, water retention without evidence of cardiac failure developed in 19. This was associated with radiologic ...

THE fact that a pulmonary infiltrate seen on x-ray study of the chest is unilateral is often considered to favor the diagnosis of an inflammatory or neo-plastic process rather than pulmonary ...