AN ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE PULMONARY EDEMA BY INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE

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Abstract
Short pointed out that the aspiration of stomach contents and the accumulation of tracheal and bronchial secretions leading to slow asphyxia may result in the development of pulmonary edema. Increased intracranial pressure did not produce pulmonary edema. However, experience serves to show that a picture grossly resembling pulmonary edema may be produced by the aspiration of saliva. Experience serves to question whether previous attempts to produce pulmonary edema by increasing intracranial pressure were successful or were due to artefact resulting from the aspiration of saliva.