Complications of pulmonary interstitial emphysema (mnemonic)

Premature
newborn with respiratory distress. CXR AP at 2 days of age (above) shows air surrounding the heart and not rising above the great vessels. Air is also present in the right pulmonary interstitium in a branching pattern from the hilum to the periphery. CXR AP at 3 days of age (below) shows air no longer surrounding the heart and interval development of a large amount of lucency in the right pleural space with mediastinal shift to the left. The diagnosis was pneumopericardium and right pulmonary interstitial emphysema which resulted in a right tension pneumothorax.
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A useful mnemonic to remember the complications of pulmonary interstitial emphysema is that the most common ones begin with:

  • pneum-

Mnemonic

Siehe auch:
Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Komplikationen bei interstitiellem Lungenemphysem:
interstitielles
Lungenemphysem
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Pneumoperikard
 
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