Diagnosis and treatment of negative pressure pulmonary edema in a pediatric patient: a case report.
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.
Davidson
Susan
S
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga School of Nursing, USA.
Guinn
Cherry
C
Gacharna
Daniel
D
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*