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Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
Print version ISSN 0120-3347
Abstract
GIRALDO COBO, Víctor Daniel. Tracheotomy Cannula as a Foreign Body in Pediatric Airway Management. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2012, vol.40, n.2, pp.145-149. ISSN 0120-3347. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0120-3347(12)70030-8.
Proper airway management is a challenge for every anesthesiologist. During a shift in the emergency room, a difficult airway often appears both in cases of trauma and medical pathology. The tracheotomy cannula is a device suited to ensure airway opening of patients with obstruction or lesion of the upper respiratory tract. In this medical case, a 7 year old female child is admitted at the emergency service with an episode of respiratory distress caused by rupture of a silver tracheotomy cannula, previously implanted due to a submandibular tumoral lesion. This is a rare case with little investigation in international medical literature The case was approached with interdisciplinary management including Pediatric surgery and Pulmonology with satisfactory outcome.
Keywords : Tracheotomy; Airway management; Anesthesia; Lymphangioma.