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Negative pressure pulmonary oedema – Lessons learnt
Shaji Mathew1, Souvik Chaudhuri2, HD Arun Kumar1, Rohith Krishna2, Kush Goyal3
1 Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576104, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576104, India
3 Senior Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576104, India
Correspondence Address:
Shaji Mathew
Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576104
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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A 56 year old female patient belonging to American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA-PS) 1 underwent emergency laparoscopic appendectomy. Surgery was uneventful. After reversal of the neuromuscular blockade and extubation, patient sustained acute upper airway obstruction due to laryngospasm and developed negative pressure pulmonary oedema, which resolved after a period of about 15 hours of mechanical ventilation.
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