Respiratory arrest after successful neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser treatment of subglottic tracheal stenosis.

Abstract

IMPLICATIONS:

We describe a patient who developed respiratory arrest 4 h after successful laser treatment of tracheal stenosis. Respiratory arrest was caused, presumably, by airway narrowing due to delayed tissue edema secondary to thermal injury by deep penetration of the laser beam.

• Authors: Basem Abdelmalak, J Victor Ryckman, Sawsan AlHaddad, Juraj Sprung
• Journal: Anesthesia and analgesia (Anesth Analg) Vol. 95 Issue 2 Pg. 485-6, table of contents (Aug 2002) ISSN: 0003-2999 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12145077 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Yttrium
• Aluminum

Topics

• Aluminum
• Anesthesia, General
• Edema (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Intubation, Intratracheal
• Laser Therapy (adverse effects)
• Lasers
• Middle Aged
• Postoperative Complications (etiology)
• Respiration, Artificial
• Respiratory Insufficiency (etiology)
• Respiratory Sounds
• Tracheal Stenosis (complications, surgery, therapy)
• Yttrium