Synonyms

No known synonym

Name of the disease in English

Pulmonary edema

The disease in brief

Pulmonary edema is the next stage of pulmonary congestion. The engorgement of the capillaries of the lung leads to the passage of liquid into the alveolus drastically reducing the capacity of the lung tissue for gas exchange, leading to anoxia. This is anaphylaxis, acute pneumonia (especially at Mannheimia haemolytica), Gram-negative septicemia, heart failure - especially right-sided - poisoning (organophosphorus or carbamates) which are the main causes of pulmonary edema.

Clinic & diagnosis

A frothy discharge that accompanies severe dyspnea leading to respiratory distress and resulting in pronounced dejection (impossible to get up, no reactions to stimulation) suggests pulmonary edema.

Typical sign of the disease

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Pictures

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Diagnostic formulas

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Differential diagnosis

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Confirm a suspicion?

-Acute pleuro-pneumonia Mannheimia haemolytica RS24.4

-Bronchopneumonia-Emphysema virus RS RS26.2

-Emphysema of the regains-acute form RS28

Prognosis and treatment

Treatment should act on the cause of the congestion (cardiac, pulmonary). Treatment includes: antihistamines in case of anaphylaxis, furosemide to treat edema, antibiotics to avoid bacterial complications.

Prevention

Pulmonary edema is often a final stage of a disease; rely on prevention of this disease.

References

Veterinary Medicine-Pocket companion -9th Edition BLOOD DC-page 159