Acute non-cardiogenic induced lung edema by drug

Objective: To report the case of a patient without comorbidities in whom he performed a orthopedic surgery and evolved with complications of Acute Non-Cardiogenic Lung Edema in the immediate postoperative period, after the use of an antagonist of opiates. Method: the information was obtained through review of the medical record, interview with the patient, complementary examinations of images to which the patient was submitted and literature review. Final considerations: the reported case and publications raised reveal the discussion of the therapy of a rare and serious situation, which can be avoided and, when diagnosed early, it is treated easily.