A Case of Aspiration Pneumonia after Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Nam, Oun Ouk; Jang, Jin Seok; Noh, Myung Hwan; Park, Jung Ik; Kim, Hyo Jong; Lee, Jeong Seok; Oh, Sang Yu; Ryu, Seung Hee

doi:2014.14.3.215

Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res > Volume 14(3); 2014 > Article

Case Report

The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2014;14(3):215-218.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2014.14.3.215 Published online September 10, 2014.

A Case of Aspiration Pneumonia after Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Oun Ouk Nam, Jin Seok Jang, Myung Hwan Noh, Jung Ik Park, Hyo Jong Kim, Jeong Seok Lee, Sang Yu Oh, Seung Hee Ryu

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-Eui Medical Center, Busan, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medine, Busan, Korea. jsjang@dau.ac.kr

상부소화관 내시경 시행 후 발생한 흡인성 폐렴 1예

남원욱, 장진석¹, 노명환¹, 박정익, 김효종, 이정석, 오상유, 유승희¹

동의의료원 내과, 동아대학교 의과대학 내과학교실¹

Abstract

In upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, intravenous anesthesia is commonly used due to its safety and improvement in patient's satisfaction and comfort. The aim of this approach is to improve the condition for endoscopy. Although the risks of sedation are reported to be very low with sufficient monitoring, we still have few risks that cannot be overlooked including aspiration pneumonia. There have been two reported cases of aspiration pneumonia after endoscopic submucosal dissection. However, to our knowledge, there has been no reports about aspiration pneumonia developing after endoscopy for a young healthy female. So, we report a first case of unexpected aspiration pneumonia after endoscopy.

Key Words: Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Aspiration pneumonia