Airway management in a pediatric patient with post-burn neck contracture using i-gel

Abstract

I-gel is a supraglottic airway device that has been used for emergency airway management. In this report, we present a case in which airway management is facilitated using I-gel. Scar revision was planned in a 12-year-old male patient with limited ability to extend the neck and restricted oral opening because of post-burn contracture. The patient was ventilated successfully achieved using the supraglottic I-gel method. This new airway device may appropriate in cases with asymmetric airways in which airway management is difficult. J Clin Exp Invest 2014; 5 (2): 301-303

Keywords

• Post-burn neck contracture, airway management, I-gel.

Yanık sonrası boyun kontraktürlü çocuk hastada i-gel kullanarak hava yolu yönetimi

Öz

Boyunda var olan yanık sonrası gelişmiş kontraktürler, hava yolu yönetiminde ciddi problemlere yol açabilmektedir. Bu olguda alev yanığı sonrasında ciddi boyun kontraktürüne bağlı gelişen ekstansiyon kısıtlılığı ve kısıtlı ağız açıklığı olan 12 yaşındaki erkek çocuk hastadaki zor hava yolu yönetimi sunulmuştur. Hastada no:2.5 i-gel supraglottic airway ile ventilasyon sağlandı. Bu yeni hava yolu aracı hava yolu yönetimi zor olan asimetrik hava yolu olan olgularda uygundur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yanık sonrası boyun kontraktürü, havayolu yönetimi, I-jel

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