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Pulmonary oedema is an uncommon but important complication of laryngeal spasm which in turn occurs more commonly in ENT practice than in most other surgical specialties. A case is reported and the literature reviewed, with particular reference to the proposed pathophysiological mechanism of this phenomenon.
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PMID:Acute pulmonary oedema complicating laryngospasm. 920 16

After uneventful ENT surgery, two male patients developed acute upper airway obstruction following extubation which progressed into negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE). One of these two patients suffered from known obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, the other admitted to heavy snoring only after the incident. The pathophysiology of NPPE and the anaesthesiological implications of a patient's history of snoring are discussed.
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PMID:[Snoring and postoperative pulmonary edema]. 1076 54

The ENT and maxillo-facial reconstruction with free flaps has become a standard. The objective of the adjuvant treatments is to limit failures (approximately 6%) related to ischaemia/reperfusion. French surgical centres use specific protocols depending on the surgeon. They used antiplatelet agent, anticoagulants, normovolemic hamodilution and vasodilators. Many experimental studies are available. However, there is no clinical study to recommend the use of antiplatelet agents (combination with heparin increase the risk of pre- and postoperative bleeding), of normovolemic hemodilution (pulmonary oedema) and of vasodilators. After analysis of one of the only prospective study, we propose the use of heparin following a deep vein thrombosis preventive protocol. Due to the limited number of the patients and difficulty to have homogenous series, it is impossible to draw new recommendations, even if ischemic preconditioning techniques offer new research horizons.
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PMID:[Should adjuvant treatments (antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, normovolaemic haemodilution and vasodilators) be used in cervicofacial and maxillofacial free flaps reconstructive surgery?]. 1547 38