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Journal of anesthesia · Jun 2012
Case ReportsAnesthetic management during tracheotomy in a child with respiratory distress caused by severe intubation-induced glottic stenosis.
- Mami Ueda, Kazuo Nakada, and Ayako Kinoshita.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka City General Hospital and Children's Hospital, Osaka, Japan. mami1030@gmail.com
- J Anesth. 2012 Jun 1;26(3):449-52.
AbstractWe provided anesthetic management during a tracheotomy procedure for a child who demonstrated labored respiration during inspiration because of severe glottic stenosis and bilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by tracheal intubation. A 4-year-old boy developed acute respiratory depression associated with influenza pneumonia and had been under respiratory management with mechanical ventilation with tracheal intubation for 3 days. Following extubation, an upper-airway obstruction immediately appeared. The symptoms later worsened because of development of a common cold, and the patient underwent an emergency tracheotomy. For anesthetic management, we used a combination of ketamine with low-concentration sevoflurane inhalation. The tracheotomy was performed safely without respiratory complications by employing manual-assisted ventilation, while spontaneous breathing was preserved by use of a face mask.
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