Congenital lobar emphysema: pitfalls and management.
Congenital lobar emphysema is a rare entity presenting in the first month of life. It appears with varying degrees of respiratory distress, clinical and radiological evidence of over-aeration of the upper and middle lobes, mediastinal shift and hypoxia. Its early recognition and surgical intervention can be life-saving. Even today, despite advanced diagnostic techniques, pitfalls in diagnosis and management are not uncommon and the condition may be mistaken for pneumothorax or pneumonia. This report elucidates the anesthetic management of three such cases with a review of literature.
Tempe
Deepak K
DK
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India. tempedeepak@hotmail.com
Virmani
Sanjula
S
Javetkar
Swati
S
Banerjee
Amit
A
Puri
Sunil Kumar
SK
Datt
Vishnu
V
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*