Computed Tomography Changes of Alveoli and Airway Collapse after Laryngospasm
- Resource Type
- Authors
- J. Johnson; M. Keating; Thomas O. Erb; B. S. von Ungern-Sternberg
- Source
- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 39:958-960
- Subject
- Methyl Ethers
Pulmonary Atelectasis
medicine.medical_specialty
Laryngismus
Nitrous Oxide
Computed tomography
Atelectasis
Expiratory stridor
Anesthesia, General
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Sevoflurane
Humans
Medicine
Laryngospasm
Lung
Collapse (medical)
Respiratory Sounds
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Infant
medicine.disease
Oxygen
Pulmonary Alveoli
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Anesthetics, Inhalation
Female
sense organs
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Airway
Scout Scan
- Language
- ISSN
- 1448-0271
0310-057X
An eight-month-old girl underwent a computed axial tomographic study of the chest and neck for investigation of expiratory stridor. Following the scout scan, severe laryngospasm developed. While no cause for the laryngospasm was found, the computed axial tomographic chest study showed marked changes in the lungs consistent with absorption atelectasis which we postulate occurred secondary to laryngospasm.