Mild, moderate and severe grades of incapacity ... In about one third of the cases, short of a frank clinical picture of pulmonary edema, breathlessness was associated with crepitation in the ...

Water retention can also happen in the stomach (ascites), lungs (pulmonary edema), or in the chest around the lungs (pleural effusion). Water retention can be temporary and mild, like after an ...

the fluid redistributes centrally causing pulmonary edema resulting in orthopnea (dyspnea while laying flat) or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND). Hepatic congestion can occur causing right upper ...

The condition can range from mild to severe and even life-threatening ... For example, cases of pulmonary edema in the lungs or cerebral edema in the brain may be more challenging to spot.

Findings of mild to moderate heart failure (S3 gallop, rales < half-way up lung fields or elevated jugular venous pressure (mortality 17%) Class III: Pulmonary edema (mortality 38%) Class IV ...