Recurrent Pulmonary Edema: An Uncommon Presenting Feature of Childhood Obstructive Sleep in Apnea Hypoventilation Syndrome in an Otherwise Healthy Child.

Autor: Chowdary, Yalamanchali C., Patel, Jayesh P.
Zdroj: Clinical Pediatrics; May2001, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p287, 4p
Abstrakt: Reports on the case of a child with obstructive sleep apnea/hypoventilation (OSA/H) and associated adenontonsillar hypertrophy, who presented in severe respiratory distress secondary to noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Complications in childhood OSA/H; Factors involved in the pathogenesis of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema in a previously normal child with OSA/H.
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