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01-09-2007 | Case Report

Negative pressure pulmonary edema: report of three cases and review of the literature

Authors: Yuan-Chieh Chuang, Chih-Hung Wang, Yaoh-Shiang Lin

Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Issue 9/2007

Abstract

Pulmonary edema following the relief of an upper airway obstruction is an uncommon and unpredictable clinical entity. This unusual disease is actually attributed to pulmonary and hemodynamic changes engendered by high negative intrathoracic pressures during the state of obstructed respiration, such as laryngospasm, epiglottitis, laryngotracheal neoplasm, etc. In this article, we report three cases of negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) developed after the operations of tracheotomy, adenoidectomy, and microlaryngeal surgery. The etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and outcome of NPPE are also brought into further discussion.

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Title: Negative pressure pulmonary edema: report of three cases and review of the literature
Authors: Yuan-Chieh Chuang
Chih-Hung Wang
Yaoh-Shiang Lin
Publication date: 01-09-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Issue 9/2007
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Electronic ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0379-9

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