Last reviewed: 19 Dec 2020
Last updated: 07 Apr 2020
Summary
Differentials
Common
- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Cor pulmonale
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Cirrhosis
- Pregnancy
- Premenstrual oedema
Uncommon
- Pericardial effusion
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Sleep apnoea
- Non-thrombotic venous outflow obstruction/May-Thurner syndrome
- Hepatic venous outflow obstruction (includes Budd-Chiari syndrome, portal vein thrombosis, and hepatic veno-occlusive disease)
- Renal failure
- Protein-losing enteropathy
- Angio-oedema
- Sepsis
- Compartment syndrome
- Primary lymphoedema
- Secondary lymphoedema
- Idiopathic
- Severe malnutrition
- Hypothyroidism/myxoedema
- Medicine-induced oedema
- Ruptured Baker's cyst
- Pelvic tumour causing external pressure on pelvic veins
Contributors
Authors
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver
CO
Disclosures
LDR declares that she has no competing interests.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Colorado
Denver
CO
Disclosures
EC declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiology
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston
TX
Disclosures
SWY declares that he has no competing interests.
Basic Physician Trainee RACP
Logan Hospital
Meadowbrook
Queensland
Australia
Disclosures
PR declares that he has no competing interests.
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