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Negative pressure pulmonary edema following choking on a cookie
Author(s) -
Toukan Yazeed,
Gur Michal,
Bentur Lea
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.23385
Subject(s) - choking , medicine , pulmonary edema , respiratory distress , fulminant , acute respiratory distress , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , lung , anatomy
Summary A 12‐year‐old boy developed severe acute respiratory distress during a school break requiring resuscitative measures. The episode started shortly after a short choking episode with a cookie. History, physical examination, laboratory results, chest X‐ray, and clinical course supported the diagnosis of negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE). NPPE occurring outside a hospital setting, especially following a short episode of choking on a cookie, is rarely reported in children. Understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to pulmonary edema can help in distinguishing NPPE from other causes of fulminant respiratory distress, and especially from other causes of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016;51:E25–E27 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.