Erschienen in:
01.06.2012 | Clinical Report
Anesthetic management during tracheotomy in a child with respiratory distress caused by severe intubation-induced glottic stenosis
verfasst von:
Mami Ueda, Ryu Okutani, Kazuo Nakada, Tomoaki Nakano, Ayako Kinoshita
Erschienen in:
Journal of Anesthesia
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Ausgabe 3/2012
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Abstract
We 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.