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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Volume  13, Issue 2-3, April-September 2021, Pages 61-63
 

Case Report

Anesthetic and Airway Management of Post Burn Microstomia: A Case Report

Divas Sinha1, Vaishali Waindeskar2, Thomas Francis3, Harish Kumar4, Pooja Singh5, Sunaina T Kama6

1,3Resident, 2Professor, 4Assistant Professor, 5,6Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiolog & Critical Care, All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Bhopal 462020, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.132-321.3

Abstract

Anesthetic and airway management of microstomia patients is challenging for anesthesiologists and requires special care and preparation during intubation and extubation. Back up plan with other airway management equipment’s should be available at hand before dealing with these patients, Decision of extubation is crucial and senior anesthetist should be available in the operating room. In case of prolonged surgery elective ventilation should be done in these cases. Keywords: Anesthetic; Difficult; airway; Post burn; One contract.


Corresponding Author : Vaishali Waindeskar, Professor, Department of Anaesthesiolog & Critical Care, All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Bhopal 462020, Madhya Pradesh, India.