[Nursing care of patients with acute pulmonary edema]

Nursing care of patients with acute lung edema is vital, as well as their timely diagnosis and treatment. The nurse, through the corresponding evaluation, diagnoses and accelerates the treatment avoiding death of the patient by detecting the event appropriately and providing treatment to stabilize the patient. The care of a multidisciplinary medical team is required to solve this emergency that can be of cardiogenic or non-cardiogenic origin. Injury of the capillary endothelium and blockade of lymphatic vessels are its main causes. In acute lung edema occurs and accumulation of serous liquid in the alveoli of the lung, which produces severe hypoxia. Nurse interventions, in order of priorities, are aimed primarily at resolving, the oxygenation needs of the patient.