Edema resident survival guide
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahmoud Sakr, M.D. [2]
Overview
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Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
- acute pulmonary edema PMID: 28149030
- acute cerebral edema PMID: 26661240
- acute laryngeal edema doi:10.1001/archinte.161.5.714
- macular edema PMID: 30451174
Common Causes of peripheral edema
- Renal
- (1) Advanced kidney disease of any cause
- (2) Nephrotic syndrome PMID: 30697163
- Cardiovascular
- (1) Systolic or diastolic heart failure (HF)PMID: 22287864
- (2) Constrictive pericarditis
- (3) Pulmonary hypertension
- Renal
- Hematologic: anemia
- GI :
- Nutritional deficiency or malabsorption leading to hypoalbuminemia
- (2) Refeeding edema
- deep vein thrombosis PMID: 22287864
- lymphedema PMID: 31453511
- hyperthyroidism PMID: 22935075
- medications such as dihydropyridines calcium channel blocker ,escitalopram PMID: 24574569 . Direct vasodilators (hydralazine, minoxid
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Do's
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Don'ts
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