A chest Xray Third day. Left lung lesions are increased, now occupying the whole lung

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Re-expansion pulmonary oedema and pleural bleeding following suction drainage of pneumothorax

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Jun 2011

Dariusz Gawryluk
Mariusz Chabowski
Karina Oniszh
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T M Orłowski

We present a case of 26 years old man with large spontaneous pneumothorax of about 5 days duration. Application of suction drainage was complicated by unilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema (REPE) and hemothorax developed during first 24 hours of treatment. On thoracotomy multifocal superficial pleural bleeding was seen which was probably attribute...