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Anaesthetic management of bilateral alveolar proteinosis for bronchopulmonary lavage
R Dixit1, L S Chaudhari, A A Mahashur
1Department of Anesthesiology and Chest Medicine, Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai.
Abstract:
The most hazardous manifestation of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is progressive hypoxia for which bronchopulmonary lavage (BPL) is the single most effective treatment. Unfortunately this procedure under general anesthesia itself increases the risk of hypoxia due to the need for one lung ventilation. It was therefore considered interesting to report the successful anaesthetic management of a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis for Bronchopulmonary lavage.
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