Emergent retrograde tracheal intubation in a 3-year-old with stevens-johnsons syndrome.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

A 3-year-old girl suffering from Stevens-Johnsons Syndrome with severe sloughing of the oropharyngeal mucosa was brought to the operating room for an emergent tracheostomy after multiple failed attempts to intubate the trachea in the pediatric intensive care unit. However, a retrograde tracheal intubation was successfully performed in the operating room to secure her airway, after which a tracheostomy was performed. Retrograde intubation can be a quick and effective method for securing the difficult airway.

Volume

2

Issue

1

First Page

7

Last Page

8

ISSN

2325-7237

Disciplines

Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

25612259

Department(s)

Department of Anesthesiology

Document Type

Article

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