Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema Together with Pneumopericardium after General Anesthesia

Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema after Emergency Appendicectomy

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a rare complication that evolves rapidly after acute or chronic obstruction of the airways. We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient who enrolled for appendicectomy. The patient developed pulmonary edema immediately after extubation. After reintubation and observation in the intensive care unit the patient was extubated and discharged from hos...

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...

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy after negative pressure pulmonary edema during emergence from anesthesia -A case report-

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SICM) presenting as an acute myocardial dysfunction is characterized by transient left ventricular wall motion abnormality, which has been known to be associated with excessive catecholamine production caused due to various types of stress. Sympathetic hyperactivity is common during the perioperative period, and reports of SICM occurring during this period have ac...

Recurrent negative pressure pulmonary edema.

An African-American man, aged 34 years, underwent an elective uncomplicated right wrist laceration repair while under general anesthesia. Following extubation, the patient developed hypoxemia, tachypnea, shortness of breath, pulmonary rales, frothy sputum, decreased oxygen saturation, and evidence of upper airway obstruction. Chest radiograph showed pulmonary edema. The patient was diagnosed wi...