Airway management in a baby with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome

Gabriella Iohom; Barry Lyons; William Casey

doi:10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00846.x

Airway management in a baby with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome

Gabriella Iohom
, Barry Lyons
, William Casey

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Abstract

We report the successful fibreoptic intubation through a laryngeal mask airway (LMA™) while maintaining spontaneous respiration in an anaesthetized 3-month-old female infant with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome, in whom direct laryngoscopy and intubation proved impossible.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	461-464
Number of pages	4
Journal	Paediatric Anaesthesia
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00846.x
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome
Intubation, tracheal, difficult, fibreoptic
Laryngeal mask airway
Laryngoscopy, difficult
Neonate

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Airway management in a baby with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome

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