Forgotten Intraoral Mikulic Pads: An Uncommon Reason for Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema

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Ozgur M., Mansuroglu N., Ozbey R.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, cilt.5, ss.315-317, 2014 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4328/jcam.3191
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.315-317
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pulmonary Edema, Airway Obstruction, Mikulic Pad
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a rare complication, which can be fatal depending on post-extubation upper airway obstruct on. The most frequent cause of NPPE is laryngospasin. Other causes include croup, epiglottitis, upper respiratory tract tumors, foreign substance aspiration, dark tracheal secretions, biting the endotracheal tube. or hernatoma. In this case report we aimed to present an NPPE case that occurred as a resultote Mikulic pad being placed into the oral cavity during an operation and left there after the surgery was completed, which is an uncommon reason for upper airway obstruction following general anesthesia.