[Food residues identified in the pharynx of a patient with a cleft palate].

Autor: Ohbuchi Y; Department of Anesthesiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa 920-0293., Hidaka K, Yanagawa S, Kadota W, Tsuchida H, Kawakami S
Jazyk: japonština
Zdroj: Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology [Masui] 2003 Jan; Vol. 52 (1), pp. 76-7.
Abstrakt: Solid food residues were identified in the pharynx of a 17-month-old infant with a cleft palate at the time of anesthesia induction, although nothing-by-mouth directions for more than four hours had been strictly followed. Preoperative airway management, e.g. gargling and nose blowing, is necessary in patients with a cleft palate even after an appropriate period of fasting because food residues may remain in the nose due to the anatomical abnormality.
Databáze: MEDLINE