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[Two cases of re-expansion pulmonary edema]
N Hasegawa1, Y Sohara, F Murayama
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 62-year-old man and 26-year-old man with re-expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) after thoracic drainage as a treatment for pneumothorax are presented. Blood cell counting and biochemical serum analysis were performed throughout their treatment in both patients, and biochemical sputum analysis was in one patient. The results showed transient marked leukocytosis just after RPE. Total protein and albumin concentrations of sputum approximated to those of serum. The above results suggested that RPE is based on pulmonary microvascular injury, which may introduce leukocytosis.