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Clinical Application of Phase Angle and BIVA Z-Score Analyses in Patients Admitted to an Emergency Department with Acute Heart Failure
Published on: June 30, 2023
[Thiazide induced acute pulmonary edema: report of one case]
Max Andresen1, Alejandro González, Alberto Espino
1Programa de Medicina Intensiva, Unidad de Tratamiento Intensivo Médico, Hospital Clínico, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile. andresen@med.puc.cl
Abstract:
Acute pulmonary edema caused by thiazides is uncommon and of difficult diagnosis. It is considered an idiosyncratic reaction and the physiopathology or cardiac function changes are not well known. We report a 60 year-old female with a thiazide induced acute pulmonary edema who was followed with serial measurements of type B n-terminal natriuretic peptide fraction as marker for cardiac dysfunction. There was a significant elevation of the peptide, not associated to evidences of ventricular dysfunction. Its normalization paralleled the resolution of the clinical picture.
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