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[Conjunctival phenylephrine and acute edema of the lung]
J Benatar-Haserfaty1, A Mariscal-Ortega, A M Candela-Toha
1Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Revista Espanola De Anestesiologia Y Reanimacion
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report two cases of acute pulmonary edema occurring in healthy patients during vitreoretinal surgery. The adverse systemic effects of conjunctival phenylephrine are discussed, along with constraints on its clinical use and the concentration that should be used.