Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema

Author: Victoria L Henson / Editor: Jason M Kendall / Reviewer: Louise Burrows, Peter Kilgour, Debkumar Chowdhury / Codes: / Published: 22/03/2021 / Reviewed: 30/05/2025

This module discusses cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, covering its causes, clinical assessment, management and long-term outcomes. It guides Emergency Medicine (EM) clinicians in assessing breathless patients and outlines appropriate investigations and treatments.

After completing this session you will be able to:

• Define cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
• Describe the pathophysiology of cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
• Clinically assess a breathless patient and recognise cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
• Investigate and treat cardiogenic pulmonary oedema within the emergency department (ED)
• Describe the long-term outcome for this patient group

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