title: Diagnosis and treatment of negative pressure pulmonary edema in a pediatric patient: a case report.
abstract: This article includes a case study of a pediatric patient who presented for elective correction of a speech impediment via a frenuloplasty. The patient's history and anesthetic course will be discussed prior to the deveopment of the episode of negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE). The events surrounding the development and diagnosis of NPPE will be presented, and the treatment modalities will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, Chattanooga School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Cherry
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guinn
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gacharna
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D000818:Animals; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008035:Lingual Frenum / Q000601:surgery*; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*