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Bronchospasm
Case Synopsis A 6-year-old boy with a history of mild intermittent asthma is scheduled for urgent laparoscopic appendectomy. After preoxygenation and a rapid-sequence induction, the patient is easily intubated. There is no sign of aspiration. After intubation, peak inspiratory pressure…