Acute respiratory distress after upper airway obstruction following palatoplasty.
We report a case of acute respiratory distress after upper airway obstruction following routine palatoplasty in an otherwise healthy 6-year-old boy. We believe that extreme variation of intrathoracal pressure was the basis of the development of the acute respiratory distress. We recommend after palatoplasty a more than careful postoperative clinical observation to detect and treat postoperative obstruction and hypoxemia.
Saldien
Vera
V
UZA, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium. vera.saldien@uza.be
Coppejans
Hilde C
HC
Vercauteren
Marcel P
MP
Corthouts
Bob
B
Van de Heyning
Paul
P
Jorens
Philippe G
PG
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D005665:Furosemide; D000420:Albuterol