What's the difference between edema and hydrops?

Edema


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as oedema.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
  • (2) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
  • (3) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
  • (4) Diphenoxylate-induced hypoxia was the major problem and was associated with slow or fast respirations, hypotonia or rigidity, cardiac arrest, and in 3 cases cerebral edema and death.
  • (5) On HRCT, sequential changes from early edema to development of emphysema were noted.
  • (6) The purpose of our study was to determine the effect of HVPC on edema formation in frogs.
  • (7) Combined SEM and TEM examination of the endothelium of compressed segments revealed "craters" and "balloons", blebs and vacuoles, swollen mitochondria, dilated granular endoplasmic reticulum, and subendothelial edema.
  • (8) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
  • (9) The vasodilator effect of both calcium antagonists was responsible for side effects, of which the most common were flushing, edema, headache, and palpitations.
  • (10) Studies were conducted in isolated, buffer-perfused rat lungs to determine if prostaglandin (PG) E1 attenuated pulmonary edema provoked by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
  • (11) The development of pulmonary edema in high-altitude residents with upper respiratory infections and no antecedent low-altitude journey is consistent with the presence of other factors such as inflammation, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the edema.
  • (12) After 40 minutes of coronary occlusion and 20 minutes of reflow, significant cardiac weight gain occurred in association with characteristic alterations in the ischemic region, including widespread interstitial edema and focal vascular congestion and hemorrhage and swelling of cardiac muscle cells.
  • (13) That is cystoid macular edema is associated with incomplete PVD with vitreous contraction.
  • (14) Cerebral edema is a serious complication of the encephalopathy in fulminant hepatic failure.
  • (15) Using the middle cerebral artery occlusion model in cats, we evaluated the possible role of the cyclooxygenase pathway in alterations of local cerebral blood flow and the development of cortical edema following prolonged ischemia or recirculation.
  • (16) Edemas were found in 0.8% and 17% of patients during six-week treatment with moxonidine and clonidine, respectively (P = .001).
  • (17) To determine if monokines might play a pathogenic role in this model, the present study evaluated the effects of a murine monokine preparation enriched in IL-1 bioactivity on selected events characterizing the early pneumotoxic response to monocrotaline, including pulmonary edema and protein extravasation, pulmonary vascular hyperreactivity, and enhanced lung tissue activity of the rate-limiting enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC).
  • (18) Edema formation was assessed by continuously monitoring the weight of the lung perfused at constant pressure.
  • (19) The purpose of this study was to determine if aspirin, in doses that elevate plasma salicylate concentrations to values reported in patients with salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, produce pulmonary vasoconstriction in a canine, isolated perfused left lower lung lobe (LLL) preparation.
  • (20) In these patients, the duration of chest pain was relatively longer, and the incidences of diabetes mellitus, emergency coronary revascularization and multiple-vessel coronary artery disease were higher than in those without pulmonary edema.

Hydrops


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
  • (2) Although one of the two formulas predicted hematocrit values significantly, the only component of the formula that made a significant contribution was fetal hydrops.
  • (3) It is concluded that the massive destruction of the normal anatomy in the lateral semicircular canal may be the morphological basis of a functional endolymphatic fistula for drainage of the endolymphatic hydrops.
  • (4) Obliteration of the endolymphatic duct resulted in endolymphatic hydrops of varying severity in 55% of the rats, after survival times varying from one to five months.
  • (5) Both fetuses were hydropic and one fetus was also anemic.
  • (6) Twenty-two cases of nonimmune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) seen over a three-year period are described.
  • (7) Two hundred intrauterine exchange transfusions were performed under local anesthesia in 107 cases of blood incompatibilities (60 fetuses with severe anemia and 47 with hydrops).
  • (8) In one case of a nonimune fetal hydrops at the 27-week gestation, the aspiration of the accumulated fluid and the intraperitoneal injection of albumin at 27 and 34 weeks, respectively, were performed.
  • (9) The third fetus was mildly hydropic, attributed to hemorrhage, and was stillborn.
  • (10) The endo- and perilymphatic glycocalyx of the cochlear epithelia were investigated ultrastructurally in normal and hydropic cochleas using the electron-dense markers cationized ferritin and colloidal thorium.
  • (11) Important data were obtained from the analysis, the most outstanding was the fact that both the mother with previous pregnancies and incompatible Rh blood transfusions, cause the hemolytic diseases to the unborn product, which usually presents at birth a severe and clear hydrops fetalis.
  • (12) HbH disease and hydrops fetalis were not encountered.
  • (13) Nineteen of 23 animals with unilateral endolymphatic hydrops showed spontaneous nystagmus in an inverted posture.
  • (14) The mother had previously delivered a macerated, hydropic infant with multiple congenital anomalies.
  • (15) The amiloride caused collapse of the lateral intercellular spaces in the endolymphatic sac epithelium and a subsequent mild endolymphatic hydrops.
  • (16) We conclude that alpha-thalassemia traits are common genetic disorders in Taiwan and that antenatal screening is advised to reduce the frequency of occurrence of hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis.
  • (17) The liver tissue showed reduction of glycogen content as well as hydropic changes in the centrilobular areas six hours after the start of exposure.
  • (18) Several clinical reports suggest allergy as a causative or associated factor in the etiology of Ménière's Disease or endolymphatic hydrops.
  • (19) We report another association of a nonimmune hydrops fetalis with Niemann-Pick disease as evident by electron microscopy, and wish to add this disorder to the list of conditions associated with nonimmune hydrops fetalis.
  • (20) Although this series is not comprehensive enough, it seems to indicate that interruption of the lateral semicircular duct has a possibility of diminishing labyrinthine hydrops, as in cases of Ménière's disease, without hearing disturbance, provided that complications do not develop.