Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - developinganaesthesia

ACUTE CARDIOGENIC PULMONARY EDEMA. Introduction. Acute pulmonary edema (often termed simply APO) can be caused by two main mechanisms. Firstly, acute elevations in pulmonary microvascular pressures due to acute elevations in intracardiac chamber pressures and secondly, acute direct lung injury resulting in increased pulmonary vascular permeability. ................
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