Postoperative Pulmonary Edema Scondary to Laryngospasm.
10.4097/kjae.1985.18.1.129
- Author:
Byung Hoon SHIN
1
;
Ik Dong KIM
;
Tae In PARK
;
Yung Il JO
;
Yong Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Inje Medical College, Paik Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Anesthesia;
Anoxia;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Emergencies;
Hernia, Inguinal;
Herniorrhaphy;
Humans;
Laryngismus*;
Male;
Pulmonary Edema*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1985;18(1):129-133
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute pulmonary edema associated with intense laryngospasm during or after anesthesia seems to be a rare complication. Although emergency reestablishment of the airway may avert fatal hypoxia, subsequent morbidity may follow from the delayed effects of the obstruction. We recently observed a 16-year-old, 5kg boy, with inguinal hernia who developed laryngospasm and pulmonary edema following a herniorrhaphy and he had no evidence of cardiac enlargement or cardiovascular disease.