- Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports
- Vol: 9 Issue: 3
- Difficult Airway Management in A Pediatric Case with Infantile Hemangioma
Difficult Airway Management in A Pediatric Case with Infantile Hemangioma
Authors : Abdullah Özdemir, Başar Erdivanli, Ahmet Şen, Suat Terzi, Bülent Özdemir
Pages : 58-60
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Publication Date : 2018-07-01
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Introduction: Difficult airway, one of the most fearsome situations of anesthesia practice, is a more serious problem in pediatric cases. Infantile hemangioma, the most common vascular tumour in childhood, may pose difficult airway.Case Report: Direct laryngoscopy or videolaryngoscopy was not sufficient to secure the airway in a 7 years old child, who was diagnosed with epidural hematoma following a fall, and was scheduled for emergency surgery. She was intubated with supraglottic airway devices.Conclusion: We aimed to present our experience in pediatric difficult airway in a case of oral infantile hemangiomaKeywords : Infantile hemangioma, difficult airway, laringeal mask airway