%0 Journal Article
%T Unilateral Re-expansions Pulmonary Edema after Thoracic Drainage Insertion in Patient with Extensive Para-pneumonic Pleural Effusion | Insight Medical Publishing
%A Bernd Linsmeier
%A Christoph Erdmann
%A Claus Steppert
%A Mohammed Ibrahim
%A Norbert Friedel
%J Related Journals of Laparoscopic Surgery
%D 2018
%R 10.21767/2254-6758.100103
%X In presence of extensive pleural effusion, there is usually a largely atelectatic lung. After thoracic drainage insertion and immediate expansion of the lung, there is a risk of re-expansion pulmonary edema. The following case, described as a rare, life-threatening complication, describes the development of a pulmonary edema after insertion of a chest tube in a completely atelectatic lung as a result of compression due to large pleural effusion.
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