Discussion: Pulmonary congestion and edema

Discussion: Pulmonary congestion and edema

Instructions Assignments cover the assigned open resource scholarly literature as well as external research. Each assignment response needs to be minimum of 4 pages and in the most current edition of APA format. A minimum of 5 peer reviewed, scholarly references are to be used for the development of each assignment. Include title page and abstract. This will not include the minimum of 4 pages requirement, it’s an additional. Assignment #3 During an autopsy, a female victim presents with pulmonary congestion and edema. Her lungs weigh three to four times the normal weight. A closer inspection of her heart revealed that her right ventricle was unusually distended and the pulmonary artery was full. There was also focal heart muscle damage with resulting cross-brand necrosis, indicating hyper contraction of the heart muscle. During the external examination, the woman appeared relatively healthy. One small detail was she had fenestration of the nasal septum. A urine sample revealed the presence of cocaethylene. What was the cause of death?

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