Negative pressure pulmonary edema: endobronchial intubation or acute lung injury in a predisposed patient?

Acute postoperative negative-pressure pulmonary edema.

To the Editor: In their case study of negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE), Krodel et al. repeat the oft-cited idea that diuretics should be included in the therapies for this condition. They refer to using furosemide in the postanesthesia care unit for NPPE, which occurred as a result of laryngospasm on emergence. The authors do acknowledge that diuretics are not universally recommended fo...

Acute post-tonsillectomy negative pressure pulmonary edema

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Negative pressure pulmonary edema as an unsuspected imitator of acute lung injury/ARDS.

Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians (www.chestjournal. org/misc/reprints.shtml). Correspondence to: Demosthenes Bouros, MD, FCCP, Professor of Pneumonology Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Head, Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece; e-mail:...

Negative pressure pulmonary edema

Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Edema.

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) or postobstructive pulmonary edema is a well-described cause of acute respiratory failure that occurs after intense inspiratory effort against an obstructed airway, usually from upper airway infection, tumor, or laryngospasm. Patients with NPPE generate very negative airway pressures, which augment transvascular fluid filtration and precipitate interstit...