Ewha Med J.  1997 Sep;20(3):343-347. 10.12771/emj.1997.20.3.343.

Anesthetic Management of Difficult Airway with Tracheal Stenosis in Neonate

• Park HW
• Kim CH
• Kim JH
• Lee CH

• KMID: 2052763
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1997.20.3.343

Abstract

The infant or child with a difficult airway is easily recognized, either by symptomatology or anatomic features. However, in a small but significant number of cases, a difficult airway is unrecognized during the preanesthetic assessment, and becomes recognized only upon the induction of anesthesia. We report a case of difficult airway with congenital tracheal stenosis in neonate. We performed tracheal intubation with small sized tube by using technique to bring head forward slightly while trying to advance tube.

Keyword

Difficult airway; Congenital tracheal stenosis

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Child
Head
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn*
Intubation
Tracheal Stenosis*