PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 1 January 1985, pp. 112-114
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Acute Pulmonary Edema Complicating Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

ARTHUR N. FEINBERG MD1 and CHARLES L. SHABINO MD1

1 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan

In summary, we have presented two cases to illustrate the problem of postoperative pulmonary edema following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Furthermore, we have discussed the difficulty in predicting those patients who will develop this complication. Because of the potential seriousness and unpredictability of acute pulmonary edema following tonsillectomy for chronic obstruction, it is important that medical personnel, including pediatricians caring for patients after tonsillectomy, be able to readily recognize this phenomenon of acute onset of congestive heart failure and treat it rapidly with diuretics, continuous positive airway pressure, and respiratory support as needed.

Submitted on February 6, 1984
Accepted on March 23, 1984




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