Management of a term parturient with tracheal stenosis

We describe the management of a 37-week parturient with a breech singleton pregnancy presenting with progressive dyspnoea caused by tracheal stenosis. The patient underwent bron-choscopy using a flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope and dilatation of a stenosis using a balloon-tipped catheter. Subsequent...

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Published inBritish journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 354 - 357
Main Authors SALAMA, D.J., BODY, S.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.1994
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Adult
Anaesthesia, obstric
Anesthesia
Anesthesia depending on patient's condition
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Catheterization
Complications stenosis
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - therapy
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Tracheal Stenosis - therapy
Complications stenosis
Anaesthesia, obstric
Case study
Pregnancy
Human
Diseases of the trachea
Respiratory disease
Stenosis
General anesthesia
Female
Trachea
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Summary:We describe the management of a 37-week parturient with a breech singleton pregnancy presenting with progressive dyspnoea caused by tracheal stenosis. The patient underwent bron-choscopy using a flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope and dilatation of a stenosis using a balloon-tipped catheter. Subsequently, the patiet had a normal delivery. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1994; 72: 354-357)
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ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/72.3.354