Difficult intubation associated with the foetal alcohol syndrome

Severe Gastrooesophageal Reflux Disease Associated with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Prenatal alcohol exposure may have adverse effects on the developing foetus resulting in significant growth restriction, characteristic craniofacial features, and central nervous system dysfunction. The toxic effects of alcohol on the developing brain are well recognised. However, little is known about the effects of alcohol on the developing gastrointestinal tract or their mechanism. There are...

Mortality in foetal alcohol syndrome.

Foetal alcohol syndrome--a multifaceted condition.

Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) was first described in 1973 by Jones and colleagues.1 Since then, results of epidemiological studies and clinical experience have shown that exposure of the foetus to high maternal alcohol consumption has a range of consequences. It can result in both major and minor malformations, permanent impairment of growth with a disproportionately low weight-to-height ratio ...

Difficult intubation provokes bacteremia.

PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence of bacteremia after mask ventilation, laryngoscopy, and endotracheal intubation before induction of general anesthesia and to discover any correlation between traumatic manipulations and bacteremia. The specific bacteria responsible, knowledge of which may guide the prophylactic use of antibiotics, also were investigated. METHODS Fifty patients were enrolled...

Predicting difficult intubation.

The amount of larynx seen at intubation was assessed in 633 adult patients undergoing routine surgery. Various measurements of the head and neck were made in an attempt to discover which features were associated with difficulty with laryngoscopy (defined as the inability to see even the arytenoids). In addition 38 patients, reported by colleagues because they had been "difficult to intubate", w...