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Acute pulmonary haemorrhage in an infant during induction of general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Tripi Paul A.,
Modlin Sheryl,
Sorenson W.G.,
Dearborn Dorr G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , intensive care medicine
Summary Pulmonary haemorrhage is a rare, life‐threatening complication of anaesthesia. This report describes the anaesthetic management of an infant who developed laryngospasm and pulmonary haemorrhage during general anaesthesia. The infant was subsequently found to have prior exposure to a fungus, Stachybotrys chartarum, which produces mycotoxins that may have produced capillary fragility in the infant's rapidly growing lungs.