Negative pressure post-extubation pulmonary edema complicating appendectomy in a young patient: case report

Curr Surg. 2004 Sep-Oct;61(5):463-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.02.001.

Abstract

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema after endotracheal intubation is an uncommon and potentially serious complication of patients undergoing general anesthesia for different surgical procedures. We report a case of a healthy 20-year-old male patient with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The patient was submitted to appendectomy under general anesthesia and developed negative-pressure pulmonary edema immediately after extubation. The present paper reports this potentially serious complication illustrating the main radiological findings consistent with alveolar hemorrhage in this setting and the treatment performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Appendectomy*
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Edema / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Edema / therapy
  • Radiography
  • Ventilators, Mechanical