Patient arrived to pacu from undergoing a bmtt (bilateral myringotomies with touma tympanostomy tube insertions) and adenoidectomy; the patient was extubated in the surgical suite prior to pacu arrival.Shortly after arriving to the pacu, the patient experienced larynogospasm.Immediate attempts to ventilate the patient with bag/mask were unsuccessful as the mask would not provide an adequate seal for ventilation with the amount of air in the mask; the mask did not have a valve to allow additional air to be added to meet the contours of the patient's face.The patient was re-intubated and monitored for a period of time before eventual extubation and discharge.
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