Naloxone administration and laryngospasm followed by pulmonary edema.

Olsen, K S · Intensive Care Med · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 50-year-old woman underwent laryngoscopy. Postoperatively she received naloxone and was extubated. She developed severe laryngospasm and one hour later pulmonary edema. Both naloxone administration and laryngospasm can provoke pulmonary edema; the pathophysiology is discussed. It is suggested that naloxone is administered with care to patients who in the preceding hours have had severe laryngospasm.

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