Gopikrishna G, Reddy M Srinivasa, Gowrinath K, Sasidhar P, Srinivas M
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2011 Jul-Sep;53(3):177-9.
Fatal course of re-expansion pulmonary oedema (REPO) is infrequent and very rarely documented in mechanically ventilated patients. We report a case of fatal REPO following tube thoracostomy for a right-sided pneumothorax in an elderly patient of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation.
复张性肺水肿(REPO)的致命病程并不常见,在机械通气患者中记录极少。我们报告一例老年慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)合并呼吸衰竭且接受机械通气的患者,在右侧气胸行胸腔闭式引流术后发生致命性REPO的病例。