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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.
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7 entry terms
- Edema, Pulmonary
- Edemas, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Edemas
- Wet Lung
- Lung, Wet
- Lungs, Wet
- Wet Lungs
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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entry term WET LUNG: in shock, consider also SHOCK LUNG see RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
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History Note
WET LUNG was see RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT 1977-91; was WET LUNG SYNDROME see PULMONARY EDEMA 1975-76
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Edema. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011654. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011654
- Pulmonary Edema. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_edema
- Pulmonary Edema. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q857667