A case of Mendelson's Syndrome

Abstract

A 21 year-old primipara aspirated gastric contents into the lungs during anesthesia for cesarian operation and had dyspnea and cyanosis. Her chest X-ray showed pictures indistinguishable from those of interstitial pneumonitis and pulmonary edema.
After the diagnosis of aspiration pneumonitis-“Mendelson's syndrome” was made, this obstetric complication disappeared rapidly with administration of corticosteroids and antibiotics in large doses.