Delayed presentation: negative pressure pulmonary hemorrhage

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 490 - 493
• Main Authors: Saeed, Ali Imran, MD, Quintana, Chris, MD, McGuire, Franklin R., MD, Barker, James A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Airway management; Airway Obstruction - complications; Anesthesia & Perioperative Care; Anesthesia, General - methods; Antibodies; Auscultation; Blood; Bronchoscopy - methods; Cardiac arrhythmia; Case reports; Edema; Elective Surgical Procedures - methods; Extubation; Fentanyl; General anesthesia; Hemodynamics; Hemorrhage; Hemorrhage - etiology; Humans; Intubation; Lavage; Male; Pain Medicine; Patients; Pulmonary Alveoli - pathology; Pulmonary Edema - etiology; Sleep apnea; Spinal Injuries - surgery; Time Factors; Urine; Ventilators; Pulmonary hemorrhage; Airway obstruction; Negative pressure pulmonary hemorrhage; Pulmonary edema; Negative pressure pulmonary edema

Abstract Negative pressure pulmonary hemorrhage (NPPH) is a rare, life-threatening complication that develops after an acute upper airway obstruction. A 26 year old, healthy African-American man with no underlying lung disease developed negative pressure pulmonary edema and subsequently NPPH during...