title: Negative pressure pulmonary edema in the prone position: a case report.
abstract: Acute airway obstruction can result in life - threatening pulmonary edema. It can develop rapidly, without warning, in otherwise healthy patients. Negative pressure pulmonary edema has been described after acute airway obstruction in situations when a patient is breathing against an obstructed airway such as croup, epiglottitis or laryngospasm. In the following case, we observed a rare occurrence of pulmonary edema in a female following sedation in the prone position.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, Visiting Scholar at Tampa General Hospital, Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesiology Associates, PA, Tampa, Florida, USA. hesham_engy2008@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hesham
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authors.lastname: Omar
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