Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) may present significant issues to the anaesthesiologist as potential difficult airway, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, concomitant medication therapy modify symptoms disease. Awake fibreoptic intubation (AFOI) is a safe option in anticipated it permits neurological monitoring throughout attempt at achieving definitive airway. Central neuraxial blockade ...

Respiratory adverse events are not rare in pediatric anesthesia. The risk of airway complications must be considered before anesthesia. The current study was designed to determine the incidence and risk factors for adverse respiratory events in children undergoing general anesthesia. The study population included 682 children from neonates to 14 years who were presented for an elective or emerg...

Pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a well-known morbidity in Sri Lanka, where (TB) endemic, and it poses huge challenge to the healthcare system. A number of pulmonary complications occur following TB. Post TB obstructive airway disease one them but under diagnosed susceptible individuals, which results presentation patients at advanced its complications, leading poor patien...

Tracheal dissection is an uncommon complication of endotracheal intubation. A large source of morbidity and mortality in anesthesia is associated with airway issues. Several airway complications can be avoided or minimized by proper technique and vigilance. Emergency thoracotomy surgery is required in patients who suffer lower tracheal trauma. A tracheal tear poses additional challenges to trad...

Tracheostomy is a commonly performed intervention with several benefits in the treatment of patients with chronic respiratory failure. Refinement of the tracheotomy technique, using percutaneous approaches have allowed bedside tracheostomy placement in the modern intensive care unit. Both percutaneous and surgical tracheostomies are associated with several early and late complications [1,2]. Th...

PURPOSE To compare the incidence of airway complications in children less than one year of age whose airways were maintained during anesthesia with either a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) or a facemask and oral airway (FM-OA). METHODS We randomized 49 - ASA class 1&2 - infants to an LMA or FM-OA group. All infants were undergoing minor general, urological or orthopedic procedures. Anesthesia was...

Although thyroid surgery is a relatively safe procedure, it may be associated with some clinically concerning postoperative complications, including cervical hematoma, incision infection, hypocalcemia, and in cases vocal cord paralysis. Of these, the development of hematoma lead to symptoms compression causing airway obstruction, respiratory distress, or even death due suffocation. Therefore, p...

Postoperative pulmonary complications are responsible for significant increases in hospital cost as well as patient morbidity and mortality; respiratory muscle dysfunction represents a contributing factor. Upper airway dilator muscles functionally resist the upper airway collapsing forces created by the respiratory pump muscles. Standard perioperative medications (anesthetics, sedatives, opioid...

Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) is a combination of micrognathia and glossoptosis that leads to airway obstruction, feeding problems, and potentially other sequelae that can complicate early life. Currently, therapy for these newborns and infants is focused on preventing fatality or complications until the jaw can grow sufficiently to correct airway obstruction and associated problems. For patients...

Mandibular hypoplasia may present in isolation or in the context of glossoptosis and a U-shaped, incomplete cleft palate. This latter triad is referred to as Pierre Robin sequence. Deleterious effects of micrognathia that may present during infancy are due primarily to glossoptosis or posterior displacement of the tongue. This tongue base prolapse may cause varying degrees of upper airway obstr...