Open AccessAnaesthetic management of difficult airway due to retropharyngeal abscess
Author(s) -
Manjula Sudhakar Rao,
YK Linga Raju,
PN Vishwanathan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.65376
Subject(s) - medicine , retropharyngeal abscess , airway , abscess , swallowing , computed tomography , incision and drainage , airway management , surgery , girl , general surgery , radiology , psychology , developmental psychology
A one-and-half-year old girl weighing 7.5 kg presented with a history of neck swelling, difficulty in swallowing and breathing. She was posted for incision and drainage on an emergency basis. Diagnosis was confirmed by neck X-ray and computed tomography scan as retropharyngeal abscess. Here we present the successful anaesthetic management of this child at JSS Medical College Hospital, Mysore.