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Acute pulmonary oedema complicating laryngospasm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Duncan Ingrams ,
Martin Burton ,
Alison Goodwin  and
John Graham
Duncan Ingrams*
Affiliation:
Royal Ear Hospital, UCL Hospitals, London. UK.
Martin Burton
Affiliation:
Royal Ear Hospital, UCL Hospitals, London. UK.
Alison Goodwin
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthetics, UCL Hospitals, London. UK.
John Graham
Affiliation:
Royal Ear Hospital, UCL Hospitals, London. UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr D. R. Ingrams, M.A, F.R.C.S., 19 Queensborough Drive, Caversham, Reading RG4 7JA.
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Abstract

Pulmonary oedema is an uncommon but important complication of laryngeal spasm which in turn occurs more commonly in ENT practice than in most other surgical specialities. A case is reported and the literature reviewed, with particular reference to the proposed pathophysiological mechanism of this phenomenon.

Keywords

Pulmonary oedemaLarynxSpasm
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 5 , May 1997 , pp. 482 - 484
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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