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.

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