Prone positioning to treat acute severe pulmonary edema in the post-cardiac surgical patient: a case report.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema can be fatal without adequate resuscitation. We report, for the first time, the use of prone positioning in the immediate post-cardiac surgical period to treat a patient with profound hypoxemia secondary to massive (noncardiogenic) pulmonary edema. Prone positioning corrects ventilation-perfusion mismatch and allows gravity-dependent drainage of capillary leak-mediated endobronchial pulmonary fluid.
Volume
9
Issue
5
First Page
762
Last Page
764
ISSN
1522-6662
Published In/Presented At
Atluri, P., Neligan, P. J., Acker, M. A., Bensall, D. L., & Horak, J. (2006). Prone positioning to treat acute severe pulmonary edema in the post-cardiac surgical patient: a case report. The heart surgery forum, 9(5), E762–E764. https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20061011
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
16844634
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article