Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report
The anesthesiologist plays a unique role in the health care of all patients who will undergo a surgical procedure. In this sense, he is a key factor in the appropriate and timely management of the airway. There are special situations that condition a difficult airway and can have a profound impact o...
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2011-03-01
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| author | Magaly Álvarez Bárzaga Dianelys De la Cruz Cruz Edith Marianela Fleites Guerra |
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| description | The anesthesiologist plays a unique role in the health care of all patients who will undergo a surgical procedure. In this sense, he is a key factor in the appropriate and timely management of the airway. There are special situations that condition a difficult airway and can have a profound impact on anesthetic morbidity and mortality. These risks increases in the case of children, that is why the case of a pediatric patient with a difficult airway caused by limitation of mouth opening, scheduled for elective surgery in order to treat this condition in the Pediatric University Hospital ¨Paquito González Cueto " in Cienfuegos, is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ef123b6f6884073bd2676a4c83d63fb2025-01-30T21:28:43ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2011-03-01914956703Management of the difficult airway in children. A case reportMagaly Álvarez Bárzaga0Dianelys De la Cruz Cruz1Edith Marianela Fleites Guerra2Pediatric University Hospital “Paquito González Cueto”. Cienfuegos.Pediatric University Hospital “Paquito González Cueto”. Cienfuegos.Pediatric University Hospital “Paquito González Cueto”. Cienfuegos.The anesthesiologist plays a unique role in the health care of all patients who will undergo a surgical procedure. In this sense, he is a key factor in the appropriate and timely management of the airway. There are special situations that condition a difficult airway and can have a profound impact on anesthetic morbidity and mortality. These risks increases in the case of children, that is why the case of a pediatric patient with a difficult airway caused by limitation of mouth opening, scheduled for elective surgery in order to treat this condition in the Pediatric University Hospital ¨Paquito González Cueto " in Cienfuegos, is presented.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/830niñoobstrucción de las vías aéreasintubación intratraqueal |
| spellingShingle | Magaly Álvarez Bárzaga Dianelys De la Cruz Cruz Edith Marianela Fleites Guerra Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report Medisur niño obstrucción de las vías aéreas intubación intratraqueal |
| title | Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report |
| title_full | Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report |
| title_fullStr | Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report |
| title_short | Management of the difficult airway in children. A case report |
| title_sort | management of the difficult airway in children a case report |
| topic | niño obstrucción de las vías aéreas intubación intratraqueal |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/830 |
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