Case Reports

Undiagnosed tracheal stenosis complicating airway management in pregnancy

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Abstract

Unanticipated difficult intubation can be the worst nightmare of an anaesthetist. This becomes all the more challenging when the anaesthetized patient is a pregnant mother. We describe a difficult airway in a term mother with foetal distress for an emergency caesarian section.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/slja.v19i2.1973  

Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology Vol.19(2) 2011 pp.86-88

Keywords:

tracheaintubationendotracheal tube
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 2
  • Page/Article: 86-88
  • DOI: 10.4038/slja.v19i2.1973
  • Published on 6 Apr 2012
  • Peer Reviewed