Difficult Airway Management in A Pediatric Case with Infantile Hemangioma

Abstract

Difficult Airway Management in A Pediatric Case with Infantile Hemangioma

Abstract

Introduction: Difficult airway, one of the most fearsome situations of anesthesia practice, is a more serious problem in pediatric cases. Infantile hemangioma, the most common vascular tumour in childhood, may pose difficult airway.Case Report: Direct laryngoscopy or videolaryngoscopy was not sufficient to secure the airway in a 7 years old child, who was diagnosed with epidural hematoma following a fall, and was scheduled for emergency surgery. She was intubated with supraglottic airway devices.Conclusion: We aimed to present our experience in pediatric difficult airway in a case of oral infantile hemangioma

Keywords

• Infantile hemangioma, difficult airway, laringeal mask airway

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