Negative-pressure pulmonary oedema in a patient undergoing shoulder arthroscopy

Abstract

An 18-year-old ASA-I patient who underwent elective left shoulder arthroscopy developed severe airway obstruction post-extubation due to fluid extravasation from the shoulder joint into the neck and airway tissue. Re-intubation for relief of obstruction resulted in negative-pressure pulmonary oedema. The patient was electively ventilated in the intensive care unit and recovered uneventfully. A high index of suspicion along with monitoring of neck circumference can prevent this kind of complication.

Keywords

• Fluid extravasation
• negative-pressure pulmonary oedema
• shoulder arthroscopy
• subacromial space