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Condition during pregnancy marked by high blood pressure proteinuria and edema?
preeclampsia
What causes Edema of knee elbow?
Edema means swelling. Edema of the knee or elbow means there is water on the joint. This is often caused by injury.
What does pulmonary edema do?
Pulmonary Edema is when liquids fill your lungs. It's caused by the left arterie failure.
What can cause edema?
Edema is swelling. This can be caused from illness, injury to a limb, reaction to medicine and other conditions. A doctor will evaluate the edema and find its cause and prescribe treatment.
What is Leg edema?
Lower leg edema is swelling via distribution of water. Edema can be caused by trauma that releases proteins into neighboring extracellular space, thereby recruiting water from the environment.
What is lower leg edema?
Lower leg edema is swelling via distribution of water. Edema can be caused by trauma that releases proteins into neighboring extracellular space, thereby recruiting water from the environment.
Can high hydrostatic pressure cause peripheral edema?
Yes, increased hydrostatic pressure can lead to peripheral edema. It is caused by poor fluid reabsorption. There are several causes of peripheral edema including heart failure, pulmonary edema, nephritic syndromes, and lymphedema.
Is preeclampsia hereditary?
The tendency to develop preeclampsia appears to run in families. The daughters and sisters of women who have had preeclampsia are more likely to develop the condition.
Vitreomacular traction icd-9 code?
Generally this refers to macular edema caused by vitreomacular traction, which may be best coded as nondiabetic macular edema (362.83)
A group of clinical symptoms caused by severe proteinuria and resultant edema is?
Nephrotic Syndrome
What complication of pregnancy is characterized by convulsions and possibly coma?
Eclampsia is a serious form of preeclampsia, is characterized by convulsions and sometimes coma Treatment for this condition is delivery of the fetus.
What is medical term meaning excessive accumulation of interstitial fluid?
Edema means collection of fluid in the tissues. Edema is fluid accumulation in tissues which is common in patients with renal disorders, congestive heart failure and patients with preeclampsia. Edema is an accumulation of interstitial fluid, or fluid between cells in the tissue.
