Case Reports
Undiagnosed tracheal stenosis complicating airway management in pregnancy
Authors:
- Nandeesha NanjegowdaEmail Nandeesha Nanjegowda
- Nataraj Madagondapalli Srinivasan
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
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- Year: 2011
- Volume: 19 Issue: 2
- Page/Article: 86-88
- DOI: 10.4038/slja.v19i2.1973
- Published on 6 Apr 2012
- Peer Reviewed