Airway Management Through a Facial Defect Resulting From Noma (Orofacial Gangrene): A Case Report
| Autor: | Gregory C Sund, Pamphile Muvunyi, Michael J Harling |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Laryngoscopy Noma Anesthesia General Trismus Gangrene Intubation Intratracheal Medicine Intubation Humans Airway Management Child medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Child Preschool Facial defect Airway management Female medicine.symptom business Airway |
| Zdroj: | AA practice. 14(11) |
| ISSN: | 2575-3126 |
| Popis: | At a rural district hospital in Burundi, a 3-year-old severely malnourished girl with Noma presented to the operating room for placement of a gastrostomy tube. The child had a large left-sided facial defect as well as trismus. After induction of general anesthesia, the anesthesia provider was unable to open her mouth. Given that the hospital has no fiberoptic bronchoscope, direct laryngoscopy and intubation were performed directly through her facial defect. After securing the airway, the surgery proceeded without difficulty. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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