Etiology of acute pulmonary edema during liver transplantation: a series of cases with analysis of the edema fluid
CS Yost, MA Matthay, MA Gropper - Chest, 2001 - Elsevier
Study objectives: To describe the clinical features ofa group of patients who acutely
developed pulmonary edema duringorthotopic liver transplantation and to determine the
nature (transudate vs exudate) of the edema. Design: Retrospective review of clinical
records and radiographic studies. Setting: Operating room and ICU of a tertiary-care
medicalcenter hospital. Patients: End-stage liver diseasepatients undergoing orthotopic liver
transplantation under generalanesthesia. Interventions and measurements …
developed pulmonary edema duringorthotopic liver transplantation and to determine the
nature (transudate vs exudate) of the edema. Design: Retrospective review of clinical
records and radiographic studies. Setting: Operating room and ICU of a tertiary-care
medicalcenter hospital. Patients: End-stage liver diseasepatients undergoing orthotopic liver
transplantation under generalanesthesia. Interventions and measurements …