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ANAESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS OF MEDIASTINAL MASSES AND SUPERIOR VENA CAVAL OBSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Quong George G.,
Brigham Brian A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb100707.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior vena cava , general anaesthesia , intubation , airway obstruction , surgery , mediastinal shift , anesthesia , mediastinum , etiology , airway , lung
Two patients with mediastinal tumour and superior vena caval obstruction who, after general anaesthesia, experienced respiratory difficulties requiring intubation or reintubation are presented. Possible aetiological mechanisms are discussed in relation to these cases.