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Publications and source records attributed to R M Timms.
We recently treated a patient with pulmonary edema and an oral overdose of codeine. Although overdoses of other opiate drugs are known to cause pulmonary edema, the association of an overdose of codeine with pulmonary edema has not been reported previously.
This is the first reported case of fiberoptic bronchoscopy associated with bacteremia originating in the respiratory tract. The patient had a gram-negative bacterial bronchitis before fiberoptic bronchoscopy and later died of complications of the bacteremia.
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Comprehensive treatment of advanced chronic airway obstruction includes consideration of outpatient oxygen therapy. A physician's decision as to whether a patient should receive this form of therapy rests on the clinical and investigative information that defines the benefits and problems.