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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Pulmonary Edema

Preferred term

Pulmonary Edema  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Edema, Pulmonary
  • Edemas, Pulmonary
  • Lungs, Wet
  • Lung, Wet
  • Pulmonary Edemas
  • Wet Lung
  • Wet Lungs

Note

  • entry term WET LUNG: in shock, consider also SHOCK LUNG see RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

Scope note

  • Excessive accumulation of extravascular fluid in the lung, an indication of a serious underlying disease or disorder. Pulmonary edema prevents efficient PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE in the PULMONARY ALVEOLI, and can be life-threatening.

History note

  • WET LUNG was see RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1977-91; was WET LUNG SYNDROME see PULMONARY EDEMA 1975-76

In other languages

  • keuhkopöhö

    Finnish

  • akut lungödem
  • akuutti keuhkoödeema
  • congestio pulmonum
  • congestio pulmonum passiva
  • keuhkoedeema
  • keuhkojen passiivinen verentungos
  • keuhkojen verentungos
  • keuhkoturvotus
  • keuhkoödeema
  • keuhkoödema
  • lungödem
  • oedema pulmonum
  • oedema pulmonum acutum
  • Lungödem

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011654

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