Airway Trauma in a High Patient Volume Academic Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory Center
Author(s) -
Zhe Yan,
Jonathan W. Tanner,
David Lin,
Ara A. Chalian,
Joseph S. Savino,
Lee A. Fleisher,
Renyu Liu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31826f9125
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , anesthesia , trauma center , cricothyrotomy , population , airway obstruction , airway management , surgery , retrospective cohort study , environmental health
Providing anesthesia and managing airways in the electrophysiology suite can be challenging because of its unique setting outside of the conventional operating room. We report our experience of several cases of reported airway trauma including tongue and pharyngeal hematoma and vocal cord paralysis in this setting.
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