Unilateral negative-pressure pulmonary edema in an infant during bronchoscopy.
We report here a case of a 3-week-old infant with a lung disease of unknown origin who underwent diagnostic fiber-optic bronchoscopy. During the procedure, she developed unilateral pulmonary edema. Factors that contributed to this complication are discussed along with means to reduce its occurrence.
Hannania
Shai
S
Department of Anesthesiology, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Barak
Michal
M
Katz
Yeshayahu
Y
D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D055100:Optical Fibers; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*