title: Respiratory arrest after successful neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser treatment of subglottic tracheal stenosis.
abstract: We describe a patient who developed respiratory arrest 4 h after successful laser treatment of tracheal stenosis. Respiratory arrest was caused, presumably, by airway narrowing due to delayed tissue edema secondary to thermal injury by deep penetration of the laser beam.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Anesthesiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. abdelmb@ccf.org
authors.forename: Basem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdelmalak
authors.forename: J Victor
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Ryckman
authors.forename: Sawsan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: AlHaddad
authors.forename: Juraj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprung
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007834:Lasers; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D015019:Yttrium
chemical_list: D015019:Yttrium; D000535:Aluminum