Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Central Airway Compression Due to Posterior Mediastinal Mass.

نویسندگان

  • Nina Sulen
  • Barbara Petani
  • Ivan Bacić
  • Domagoj Morović
چکیده

Patients with mediastinal masses present unique challenge to anesthesiologists. Patients with anterior mediastinal masses have well documented cases of respiratory or cardiovascular collapse during anesthesia and in postoperative period. Masses in the posterior mediastinum have been traditionally regarded to carry a significantly lower risk of anesthesia related complications but cases of near fatal cardiorespiratory complications have been reported. We describe anesthetic management of a patient with posterior mediastinal mass compressing the trachea and the left main bronchus presented for left thoracotomy and tumor excision. The patient experienced pain and cough, and exhibited positional dyspnea. Airway was successfully secured with awake nasotracheal intubation and placement of single lumen endobronchial tube.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta clinica Croatica

دوره 55 Suppl 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016