title: [NPPE - a rare anaesthetic complication].
abstract: We report a rare anaesthetic complication: NPPE (negative pressure pulmonary edema). A 20-year-old otherwise healthy man developed pulmonary edema in the early postoperative phase after uneventful general anaesthesia. The release of the edema was acute obstruction of the upper airways due to postoperative drowsiness.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Vincentius-Kliniken gAG, Karlsruhe.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biscoping
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography