pulmonary edema
Findings
No curated finding names pulmonary edema yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Accumulation of fluid in the lung tissues causing disturbance of the gas exchange that may lead to respiratory failure. It is caused by direct injury to the lung parenchyma or congestive heart failure. The symptoms may appear suddenly or gradually. Suddenly appearing symptoms include difficulty breathing, feeling of suffocation, and coughing associated with frothy sputum. Gradually appearing symptoms include difficulty breathing while lying in bed, shortness of breath during activity, and weight gain (in patients with congestive heart failure).
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006932), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: pulmonary edema
- Also called
- edema, pulmonary