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Posterior mediastinal mass: Do we need to worry much?

Author(s) -

Rajiv Chawla,

Parin Lalwani,

Mritunjay Kumar,

AkhileshS Tomar,

Padmalatha Raman

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

annals of cardiac anaesthesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 0974-5181

pISSN - 0971-9784

DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.119183

Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinal mass , airway management , worry , airway , anesthesia , anesthetic , ventilation (architecture) , mechanical ventilation , surgery , mechanical engineering , anxiety , psychiatry , engineering

Anesthetic management of mediastinal masses is challenging. There is abundant literature available on anesthesia management of anterior mediastinal mass. Anesthetic management of posterior mediastinal mass lesions normally have uneventful course. We describe airway collapse and difficult mechanical ventilation in the postoperative period in a patient with posterior mediastinal mass.

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