Korean J Anesthesiol.
1977 Dec;10(2):199-202.
Acute Pulmonory Edema during Massive Transfusion - a Case of Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Acute pulmonary edema was experienced during the mass excision of a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma clue to massive transfusion (8,000ml of blood within 3 hours). High FIoz with manual PEEP, diuretics, steroid and digitalis were given immediately. Full recovery was observed after 18 hours of ICU care.