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"Post-obstructive pulmonary oedema is a type of non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and is an uncommon but well-described complication of upper airway obstruction. It is also some termed negative pressure pulmonary oedema 8."

Line 1:12 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'Post-obstructive'.

"The most common cause of post-obstructive pulmonary oedema is laryngospasm during intubation or after anaesthesia in the postoperative period."

Line 16:29 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-obstructive'.

"Patients in whom post-obstructive pulmonary oedema develops generally have an uncomplicated hospital course with rapid resolution 1."

Line 18:21 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-obstructive'.
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