Acute respiratory distress after upper airway obstruction following palatoplasty

Vera Saldien; Hilde C Coppejans; Marcel P Vercauteren; Bob Corthouts; Paul Van de Heyning; Philippe G Jorens

doi:10.1016/s0165-5876(02)00382-8

Acute respiratory distress after upper airway obstruction following palatoplasty

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2003 Apr;67(4):403-7. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(02)00382-8.

Authors

Vera Saldien¹, Hilde C Coppejans, Marcel P Vercauteren, Bob Corthouts, Paul Van de Heyning, Philippe G Jorens

Affiliation

¹ UZA, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium. [email protected]

PMID: 12663114
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5876(02)00382-8

Abstract

We report a case of acute respiratory distress after upper airway obstruction following routine palatoplasty in an otherwise healthy 6-year-old boy. We believe that extreme variation of intrathoracal pressure was the basis of the development of the acute respiratory distress. We recommend after palatoplasty a more than careful postoperative clinical observation to detect and treat postoperative obstruction and hypoxemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Airway Obstruction / complications*
Airway Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Albuterol / therapeutic use
Bronchodilator Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Furosemide / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Palate, Soft / surgery*
Postoperative Complications*
Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Bronchodilator Agents
Diuretics
Furosemide
Albuterol