Can pulmonary edema develop and cause death in 15 minutes? My father went in for removal of a pollup on his colon that wasn't cancerous. The surgery was on Wednesday. On sunday, he died from what the hospital is saying was pulmonary edema. This just doesn't make sense. Please help us understand what this is.
For a perspective, pulmonary edema (water in the lungs) and pneumonia are separate issues. Pulmonary edema is usually related to LV dysfunction. It appears the underlying problem is the mitral valve sclerosis (narrowing of opening) and mitral valve regurgitation. The valve problems can stress the heart and cause it to enlarge, and/or an ischemic enlarged LV can aggravate the valve problems especially MVR.
but it may be lung infections. When pulmonary edema results from lung infections, such as pneumonia, the edema occurs only in the part of your lung that's inflamed. Or it could be kidney disease. When your kidneys can't remove waste effectively, excess fluid can build up, causing pulmonary edema.
Hope this gives you a perspective. Thanks for sharing and posting the question. Take care.
I'm sure you are very worried.
Let me try to help.............a bit.
First of all - I have experienced Pulmonary Edema on 2 serious occasions in '08. Both - life threatening..........the second - so life threatening that I experienced Respiratory Failure at my local hospital and had to be airlifted to the central hospital here in Maine. I was put in a coma and was not expected to live. I am a 58 y.o. male with an Ejection Fraction of 10-15% since '03.
Yes, it is possible your brother could have had pulmonary edema. I had congested (pulmonary edema) heart failure. With that I had a severe dry cough, choking feeling, hyperventilation when reclined. Sitting up gave relief, but my pulmonary edema was classified as mild...I wouldn't wish a severe case on anyone!
Antibiotics is ineffective for pulmonary edema. A strong antibiotic for pnuemonia should have helped.
A Persantine MIBI scan showed evidence of ischemia. He had a pulmonary function test which showed moderate interstitial lung disease. The patient was brought in and catheterized by myself to exclude any possibility that his shortness of breath may have any cardiac component to it. He had grade I LV function with a normal RCA, LAD, and circumflex. A full hemodynamic assessment was made and his cardiac output was 6.8 liters per minute.
drug overdose especially narcotics, high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and neurogenic pulmonary edema, such as after a seizure. Yours could have been a response to the anesthetic or other medicines or to aspiration. It would be good to check if aspiration occurred, and what medicines you were given at the time of surgery, including the anesthetics, for your future safety, should you again have to be anesthetized.
I was in the ER yesterday with chest pain and shortness of breath. I do have benign PVCs. However I am unsure if my EKG was fully normal or not although I am pretty sure it was but what has me questioning it is the fact that I was given 4 aspirin and 2 nitroglycerin pills.
My vent rate 126bpm
PR interval 152 ms
QRS duration 76 ms
QT/QTc 306/443 ms
P-R-T axes 71 66 47
Are those all normal?
I do have high blood pressure lately along with an almost constant high heart rate.
For a perspective blood flow through the defect from the left ventricle (LV) to the right ventricle (RV) results in oxygenated blood entering the pulmonary artery (PA). This extra blood in addition to the normal pulmonary flow increases blood flow to the lungs and subsequently increases pulmonary venous return into the left atrium (LA) and ultimately into the LV. This increased LV volume results in LV dilatation and then hypertrophy.
Are you suffering from hypertension? High blood pressure is one of the causes of fluid in the lungs or pulmonary edema. It can be due to coronary artery disease,cardiomyopathy or heart valve disease. A detailed examination by a physician/cardiologist and investigations like ECG, Echocardiography and angiography can confirm the diagnosis.
Are you taking any antidiabetics or chemotherapy? It is also one of the causes of pulmonary edema.
As long as the mucus is not green, which indicates infection, I think that is normal. Is he on antibiotics?
As I said on the previous post I cannot help you it need an expert response .,have you checked out the pediatric heart forum ?
I had pulmonary edema due to heart failure, and I was in ICU for several days to removed fluids and stabilize the oxygen level to normal. I have completely recovered going on 7 years.
Thanks for your questions, and if you have any further questions or comments you are welcome to respond. Take care.
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QUOTE: "The question was fluid around the heart (pericardial effusion)? did you mean the heart or chest cavity because they are two totally different things".
My cat has been recovering from what is believed to be Pulmonary Edema. He has been taking 5mg of Frusemide and Synulox twice a day. This seems to have made him so much better and the rapid breathing (60 per min) he was experiencing before decreased to normal levels whilst on this medication. Today though, it seems to be elevated to 47 per min and looking very pronounced. Why would this be? He is due back at the vet on Tuesday. Should I wait until then or see them earlier?
I was diagnosed with a systolic murmur and pulmonary regurgitation. My question is what is this? Is this considered to be heart disease? Is it serious? Also th swelling in my toes and fingers at night, could my heart murmur be the cause of that?
58 years old male with long term cardiac trouble old MI,high amaylase,lipase suggesting drug induced pancreatitis with high blood sugar now normal lipase high amaylase,controlled blood sugar with insulin,stent done 3 years ago,mitral valve regurgitation,low ejection fraction had mitral valve clipping,CRD ,ejection fraction raised nearly double,cardiac muscle contraction improved,no more dyspnea still directly after operation had fever,attacks,suspected pulmonary embolism due to bilateral lower
It could also mean pulmonary edema but this is a serious condition. But as fluid was drawn it could be pleural effusion. It occurs in pneumonias, lung cancer, breast cancer and lymphomas. It can also occur in cardiac failure, liver failure and nephrotic syndrome. So, further therapy and prognosis will depend on the cause. If you can get back with the diagnosis, I can help elaborate further. Regards.
Edema most commonly occurs in the feet and legs, where it is referred to as peripheral edema...an indentation that persists for some time after the release of the pressure, the edema is referred to as pitting edema...
You did not list symptoms associated with congested heart failure and if your doctor has ruled out CHF then there may be an underlying cause with the following:
Liver failure should be ruled out.
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what more can you tell us about the edema,? have you had a cardio work up? Is it pulmonary edema? you may have something completley non related to your past hyster, if you have not been to dr for a complete physical Id really advise you to do so. Im not real sure how the sore breasts plays into this , but the edema concerns me more.
I am a 54-year old, overweight woman, with the following symptoms: severe edema in feet/ankles/calves (sudden onset three weeks ago), constant (and loud!), breathlessness from even mild exertion, ear ringing, blurry vision, dizziness, wheezing (high-pitched, whistling sounds) and headache. I've also been told I am pre-diabetic The edema becomes so bad it's hard to walk. Should I worry about the possibility of CHF?
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