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PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 5 May 2004, pp. e501-e503

ELECTRONIC ARTICLE

Unilateral Negative-Pressure Pulmonary Edema in an Infant During Bronchoscopy

Shai Hannania, MD*, Michal Barak, MD{ddagger},§ and Yeshayahu Katz, MD, DSc§,¶

Department of Anesthesiology
* Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
{ddagger} Department of Anesthesiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
§ Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

We report here a case of a 3-week-old infant with a lung disease of unknown origin who underwent diagnostic fiber-optic bronchoscopy. During the procedure, she developed unilateral pulmonary edema. Factors that contributed to this complication are discussed along with means to reduce its occurrence.

Key Words: infant • pulmonary edema • bronchoscopy

Abbreviations: NPPE, negative-pressure pulmonary edema

Received for publication Oct 21, 2003; Accepted Jan 9, 2003.