Open AccessNegative pressure pulmonary oedema after cryotherapy for tracheal obstruction
Author(s) -
Gupta S.,
Richardson J.,
Pugh M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1046/j.0265-0215.2000.00817.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cryotherapy , granulation tissue , airway obstruction , pathophysiology , pulmonary edema , surgery , anesthesia , lung , airway , wound healing
Summary We report a patient who suffered negative pressure pulmonary oedema because of tracheal obstruction after cryotherapy to granulation tissue in the trachea. The pathophysiology and clinical course of negative pressure pulmonary oedema is described. Though there are reports of negative pressure pulmonary oedema after airway obstruction, to our knowledge this is the first case reported after cryotherapy.