Perioperative respiratory distress in a child due to plastic bronchitis triggered by allergic reaction to sevoflurane

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Sep 18;13(9):e236378. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236378.
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Keywords: anaesthesia; bronchitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Airway Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Airway Obstruction / drug therapy
  • Airway Obstruction / immunology*
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / adverse effects*
  • Bronchitis / complications
  • Bronchitis / diagnosis
  • Bronchitis / drug therapy
  • Bronchitis / immunology*
  • Bronchodilator Agents / administration & dosage
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / complications
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / drug therapy
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Histamine Antagonists / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / blood
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Intraoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Intraoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Intraoperative Complications / immunology*
  • Male
  • Pain, Procedural / etiology
  • Pain, Procedural / prevention & control
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / immunology*
  • Sevoflurane / adverse effects*
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / surgery
  • Tonsillectomy / adverse effects
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Bronchodilator Agents
  • Histamine Antagonists
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Sevoflurane