What is post-surgical pulmonary edema?
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Pulmonary Edema is an accumulation of serous fluid in the lungs.  After a clot is removed, it is not at all uncommon for serous fluid to accumulate.\n\nSerous fluid, by the way, is caused by the seperation of whole blood when it stagnates after a clot.\n\nWhen the clot is removed, the flow is resumed, and since the lungs have the thinnest membranes, the serum accumulates there.\n\nThis condition is not unusual, and it's easy to correct with surgery.  The risk is minimal and it is not an indication of negligence or malpractice on the doctor's part.  It's just a side effect of the clot.
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fresh water is hypotinc, so it gets drawn into the pulmonary circulation, leading to haemodilution, hyponatraemia and even haemolysis. while hypertonic salt water, drains water out of the pulmonary circulation, to the alveoli, leading to pulmonary oedema.
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There are actually two types HAPE and HACE. The first is High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (the other is the same except it is Cerebral instead of Pulmonary). These are conditions that cause your lungs or brain to fill with fluid. The only way to stop the affects are to lower your elevation. The way to avoid either condition is to spend longer periods of time at higher elevations as you make your way to the peak. That is why people that climb Everest typically take a month to do so.
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interstitial space or 3rd spacing.  Fluid shifts out of vascular space to outside the vessels.  This causes edema, ascites and I think rales.\n\nIt can be seen in fire victims, heart conditions, those who have low albumin.
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Pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring of the lungs.
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Sounds like an allergic reaction to a food or drug.\nSounds like you are ok now.  Did the ER not provide you with any additional info?
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Fluid in lungs is pulmonary edema.  The doctor probably heard "rales" at the base of his lungs, which didn't clear when he coughed, like it might if it was just some mucus in airways.  This is usually due to some heart failure, ie. left sided heart failure.  She gave him a shot of Lasix, most likely, which is a strong diuretic to make him urinate off excess fluid.  Heart failure causes dyspnea (shortness of breath) on exertion and orthopnea (shortness of breath in supine position) and PND = paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (episodes of waking up coughing and short of breath, after they get up and get some fresh air, they usually get better).  Coughing, esp. in bed, can be a symptom too.  The ultimate cause of heart failure can be too many or one too big of a heart attack with resultant loss of heart muscle, it can be a bad heart valve which can be noticed by murmur on exam or by echocardiogram or cardiac cath, can be caused by hypothyroidism (low thyroid), can be caused by high blood pressure, rarely can be caused by lack of vitamin B1 (wet beri beri), can be a result of a viral myocarditis (a viral heart infection), or can be caused by cardiomyopathy (usually idiopathic, meaning we just don't know why).  The heart is usually somewhat enlarged on Chest xray and echocardiogram may show heart enlargement as well.  Need to make sure he doesn't have any of these treatable causes.  Best to see a cardiologist.
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FRC includes the residual volume. This is the amount of air left in the lungs after a maximal exhalation, and cannot be measured without using body plethysmography, a nitrogen washout test, or a helium dilution test.
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See\nhttp://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Pulmonary.html
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Cardio-Pulmonary Resusitation
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Perhaps you mean Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), the process to help re-start someone's heart after they have a heart-attack?\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpr
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Lung infiltrates is a term that is used to describe the appearance of any abnormal substance that has accumulated in the lungs.  Lungs usually appear very dark on an xray because they contain mostly air which allows the xrays through very easily.  If the lungs start accumulating fluid or pus, for example, fewer of the xrays will make it through to the film and those areas appear whiter.  The white areas are called infiltrates.  Infiltrates can represent many things including pneumonia and other infections, tuberculosis, pulmonary edema, and hemorrhage, just to name a few.
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Sounds like the doc said, an inflamation, maybe caused by an infection.  I've had it a few times, but normally following a rib injury, which does not have to be major. You don't breathe properly, or cough, so the air in the bottom of the lungs gets stagnant.
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ANSWER:  Advice from the Mayo Clinic:\n\nLeg and foot swelling is common during long flights. It's usually caused by inactivity. As a passenger on a plane, you spend most of your time seated with your feet on the floor. This allows blood to pool in your leg veins. When you walk, the muscles in your legs contract and compress the veins, forcing blood back to your heart.\n\nAlso, the position of your legs when seated increases pressure in the veins. This contributes to foot swelling by causing fluid to leave the blood and move into the surrounding soft tissues. \n\nOn flights lasting six hours or more, consider taking these additional precautions to reduce the risk of DVT:\n\n    * Avoid wearing tight clothing around your waist\n    * Drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration\n    * Stretch your calves once an hour\n    * Avoid alcohol and sedatives, which promote immobility
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A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that has traveled into the pulmonary (lung) circulation and lodged there, blocking blood flow.  This prevents blood from picking up oxygen at the lungs, so the body tissues can starve from hypoxia.  A saddle pulmonary embolus is probably the worst case scenario.  Whereas most pulmonary emboli are very small (and probably not even clinically significant), saddle emboli lodge where the pulmonary artery divides to the left and right lung.  Blood flow is blocked to both lungs, and death is imminent.\n\nBig emboli like that often form in the large leg veins, especially if someone has been very inactive for an extended period (e.g. a long hospital stay).  Clotted blood isn't the only material that can cause an embolus.  Anything that gets in the bloodstream can cause a blockage -- air, fat, amniotic fluid, bacterial vegetations, and on and on.
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Emphysema begins with the destruction of air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs where oxygen from the air is exchanged for carbon dioxide in the blood. The walls of the air sacs are thin and fragile. Damage to the air sacs is irreversible and results in permanent "holes" in the tissues of the lower lungs.\n\nAs air sacs are destroyed, the lungs are able to transfer less and less oxygen to the bloodstream, causing shortness of breath. The lungs also lose their elasticity, which is important to keep airways open.  The patient experiences great difficulty exhaling.\n\nEmphysema doesn't develop suddenly.  It comes on very gradually. Years of exposure to the irritation of cigarette smoke usually precede the development of emphysema.\n\nA person may initially visit the doctor because he or she has begun to feel short of breath during activity or exercise. As the disease progresses, a brief walk can be enough to bring on difficulty in breathing. Some people may have had chronic bronchitis before developing emphysema.
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There is always a risk of sepsis after a surgical procedure.  But this one carries little risk.  Since the surgey takes place in a aspetic environment, infection would happen during recovery.  This would only happen if your stiches come apart before healing has finished.  But you should be given antibiotics after a surgical procedure like that anyway.