Open AccessCongenital lobar emphysema: Pitfalls and management
Author(s) -
Deepak K Tempe,
Sanjula Virmani,
Swati Javetkar,
Amit Banerjee,
Sunil K. Puri,
Vishnu Datt
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.58836
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital lobar emphysema , intensive care medicine , pneumothorax , respiratory distress , lobar pneumonia , radiological weapon , pneumonia , intervention (counseling) , aspiration pneumonia , surgery , psychiatry
Congenital lobar emphysema is a rare entity presenting in the first month of life. It appears with varying degrees of respiratory distress, clinical and radiological evidence of over-aeration of the upper and middle lobes, mediastinal shift and hypoxia. Its early recognition and surgical intervention can be life-saving. Even today, despite advanced diagnostic techniques, pitfalls in diagnosis and management are not uncommon and the condition may be mistaken for pneumothorax or pneumonia. This report elucidates the anesthetic management of three such cases with a review of literature.