Is morphine indicated in acute pulmonary oedema

Pulmonary oedema in acute glomerulonephritis.

Pulmonary oedema in association with acute glomerulonephritis is uncommon (Wood, 1956; Nelson, 1959), and the pathogenesis is as yet far from clear. De Wardener (1958) states that 80% of the cases of acute nephritis recover completely and 5% die in one or two weeks of either acute cardiac failure, acute renal failure or hypertensive encephalopathy. The remaining 15% subsequently develop chronic...

Acute pulmonary oedema in pregnant women.

Acute pulmonary oedema in pregnant women is an uncommon but life-threatening event. The aims of this review are to address why pulmonary oedema occurs in pregnant women and to discuss immediate management. We performed a systematic literature search of electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library, using the key words obstetrics, pregnancy, acute pulmonary oedema, preg...

Acute pulmonary oedema in late pregnancy.

Unusual causes of acute pulmonary oedema.

The mortality of acute pulmonary oedema remains high. Pulmonary oedema is clinically defined as an excessive, diffuse accumulation of fluid in the tissues and alveolar spaces of the lung. Pulmonary oedema can be broadly divided into four categories : hydrostatic oedema, permeability oedema caused by lung injury (acute respiratory distress syndrome), permeability oedema without lung injury, and ...

Acute pulmonary oedema during intravenous urography.

Adverse reactions following intravenous contrast media administration are uncommon. In a study of 302,083 urographic examinations, Shehadi 1 established an overall incidence of adverse reactions to be at or slightly below 5%. Based on the clinical status of the patients and the need for treatment these adverse reactions are graded into minor, intermediate, severe and death. Minor reactions such...