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Anaesthetic 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

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.

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