Hypertension and episodic pulmonary oedema are known complications of bilateral renovascular disease. However, significant proteinuria has not been reported in this setting. We describe a patient who presented with recurrent pulmonary oedema and nephrotic syndrome, and was found to have bilateral renal artery stenosis. Percutaneous angioplasty and stenting led to a complete resolution of both, ...

The present study reports the case of a 43-yr-old very sporty male, who developed shortness of breath and expectorated bloody froth during aqua jogging. Pulmonary oedema was diagnosed clinically and by computed tomography of the chest. The patient made a full recovery and his echocardiography was entirely normal. Pulmonary oedema occurring in healthy scuba-divers and swimmers has been reported ...

Background Myocardial oedema, myocardial salvage and myocardial salvage index, have been described as markers of prognosis and surrogate markers for clinical trials. The timecourse of oedema following revascularised MI has been described in the first 6 months following PPCI but there is wide disagreement on the time to complete resolution. We therefore aimed to determine the time-course of post...

A model of endoneurial oedema is presented which produces localised nerve fibre injury including Wallerian degeneration, endoneurial oedema and increased endoneurial fluid pressure. A carbon dioxide laser was used to irradiate rat sciatic nerve and quantitative results were collected 2 days and 6 days after irradiation. The increase in endoneurial fluid pressure is compared with other models of...

AIM A study was undertaken to investigate the correlation between colour discrimination tests and the presence of macular oedema in patients with type I diabetes to find a sensitive diagnostic tool for the detection of early functional changes. METHODS The study was performed in 39 type I diabetic patients, 10 with and 29 without macular oedema. The examination included biomicroscopy, fundus ...

Primary graft dysfunction, characterised by intra-alveolar oedema, is a major obstacle in pulmonary transplantation. The present study evaluates the potential of keratinocyte growth factor (palmiferin; DeltaN23-KGF) for the prevention of oedema in lung transplants. Intratracheal instillation of 5 mg x kg(-1) DeltaN23-KGF was performed in Lewis rats on days 3 and 2 before explantation. Control a...

PURPOSE To investigate the impact of metabolic control on macular thickness measured using optical coherence tomography in patients with diabetic retinopathy with or without macular oedema. METHODS A total of 124 patients with diabetic retinopathy ( n = 70 without macular oedema and n = 54 with macular oedema) were enrolled. Optical coherence tomography parameters measured included central ma...

Subplantar injection of Pilocarpus spicatus essential oil (PSEO), induced rat hindpaw oedema in a dose-dependent manner. The time course study revealed that when compared to carrageenan-induced oedema, the oedema response to PSEO was greater at 1 h post-injection, and thereafter remained relatively constant until 5 h post-injection. By 24 h, it was still at almost the 50% level. This effect of ...