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Laryngospasm‐induced pulmonary oedema
Author(s) -
Andersen C.,
Kancir C. B.,
Nielsen K. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1988.tb02813.x
Subject(s) - laryngospasm , medicine , anesthesia , endotracheal intubation , ventilation (architecture) , intubation , mechanical ventilation , pulmonary edema , pulmonary oedema , respiration , surgery , lung , airway , mechanical engineering , engineering , anatomy
A case of pulmonary oedema following laryngospasm in a healthy young woman is reported. Laryngospasm occurred following surgery and was treated with positive pressure oxygen ventilation by mask and by deepening of the level of anaesthesia. The rest of anaesthesia was uneventful. During the following hour, spontaneous respiration deteriorated progressively and ended in manifest pulmonary oedema which was treated by endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation with PEEP for some hours.