[Acute pulmonary edema in a 2-year-old child during peridural anesthesia].

A case of post obstructive pulmonary oedema in a two year old asthmatic child under epidural anaesthesia is described in this case report. The possible causes and mechanisms of this complication and its management are discussed. This discussion underlines that a minor degree of upper airway obstruction might have been capable of producing pulmonary oedema because of the altered lung function in this child.