Korean J Anesthesiol.  1980 Mar;13(1):83-88.

Acute Pulmonary Edema during General Anesthesia and after Operation - 3 cases report

• Bai YS
• Jung TH

Abstract

The authors have experienced three cases of pulmonary edema during anesthesia and after operation: 3 cases in urgent condition with toxemia and ectopic gestation underwent general anesthesia. One patient had no specific past history and the other two had cardiac or pulmonary problems before operation. In these cases, we believe that relative overloading of fluids in an undetected valular heart disease, preexisting pulmonary disease, severs preeclamptic condition, and myocardial depressant were the causative factors. High Fio2, with IPPB, diuretics, digitalis, dopamine and albumine were given immediately and so full recovery was observed in 4 hours to 3 days. There are many causes, prevention, and treatment for acute pulmonary edema. But believe that preoperative evaluation, intraoperative monitoring, prompt recognition and attention by the anesthetists are the most important preventive and therapeutic measures.

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesia, General*
Digitalis
Diuretics
Dopamine
Heart Diseases
Humans
Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing
Lung Diseases
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Edema*
Toxemia
Diuretics
Dopamine