Postoperative psychogenic respiratory distress mimicking laryngospasm

Postoperative Respiratory Distress in a Patient with History of Familial Mediterranean Fever

Postoperative respiratory distress and pulmonary edema can be seen after a wide variety of serious clinical situations, or rare diseases such as familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). FMF is a multisystemic disorder characterized by recurrent bouts of fever and pain due to inflammation of the peritoneum, synovia, or pleura. We report a case with history of FMF who developed postoperative respirato...

Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Postoperative Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

BACKGROUND Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has recently attracted interest as a treatment for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the outcomes of this procedure in post-surgical settings have not yet been characterized. In this study, we evaluated the outcomes of ECMO in patients with severe postoperative ARDS. METHODS From January 2007 to December 2012, a t...

[Postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome after lung resection].

Psychogenic convergence spasm mimicking ocular myasthenia.

A 14-year-old girl presented with a two-years history of fluctuating convergent strabismus, diplopia, and reading difficulty. She has been previously diagnosed by experienced neurologists as having ocular myasthenia and she had been treated for two years with anticholinesterase inhibitors and immunomodulatory drugs. After a thorough medical interview and neurological examination, a diagnosis of...

The management and treatment of recurrent postoperative laryngospasm.

L aryngospasm is a common complication of airway management in anesthetic practice (1). It consists of a prolonged glottic closure reflex mediated by the superior laryngeal nerve. It often occurs with insufficient depth of anesthesia on endotracheal intubation, light anesthesia on tracheal extubation, or a combination of either of the preceding with an airway irritant such as blood, mucus, lary...