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Brain injuries
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Neurogenic pulmonary oedema is a not uncommon condition with a mortality that may exceed 90%. A fatal case in a 17-month-old child is reported. The literature is reviewed and current theories of the pathogenesis presented. Suggestions are made on how the condition might best be managed.
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Case Reports
[Permeability pulmonary edema (neurogenic pulmonary edema) following isolated head and brain injury].
This paper reports on 3 patients with permeability pulmonary oedema accompanying an isolated head injury (neurogenic pulmonary oedema - NPE). The occurrence of a NPE in our patients with isolated head injury amounts to 0.62%. Comparing our case reports and results, respectively, with those published in the literature, the pathogenesis of NPE is discussed and delineated.