• BMJ case reports · Mar 2015

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    Acute upper airway obstruction and emergency front of neck access in an achondroplastic patient.

    • Craig James McCaffer, Catriona Douglas, Matthew H Wickham, and Gerard L Picozzi.
    • Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, NHS Lanarkshire, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, UK.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Mar 31; 2015.

    AbstractDwarfism is defined as a failure to attain a height of 148 cm in adulthood. Achondroplasia is the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism. Although this condition is relatively rare, with an incidence of 0.5-1.5 per 10,000 live births, most medical professionals will come across the achondroplastic dwarf (AD) during their career. Faulty endochondral ossification produces the characteristic short stature phenotype, as well as severe craniofacial, central nervous system, spinal, respiratory and cardiac anomalies. These unusual characteristics may present airway management difficulties in elective as well as emergency situations. Within the literature there is very little information regarding the emergency insertion of a surgical airway in an adult AD. We present our experience of this situation in the form of a case report and a review of the relevant literature.2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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