Case Reports
Perioperative Anesthesia Care for an Infant Presented with Fulminant Respiratory Distress Secondary a Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in a Resource-Constrained Area-A Rare Case Report
Author(s):
Tajera Tageza Ilala*, Gudeta Teku Ayano, Fentaw Belay Muhammed, Mengistu Yinges Kebede and Aschalew Besha Desta
Background: Infantile congenital pulmonary airway malformation is considered a rare congenital malformation occurring in infants. The provision of anesthesia for such infants bears a substantially challenging situation, as it may lead to sudden hemodynamic collapse during the induction of anesthesia, and positive pressure ventilation resulting in hyperin lation of the cystic lesion. Effective airway management requires thorough knowledge and experience in one-lung ventilation and recognition of related complications during pneumonectomy or lobectomy. Case description: A 4 months old male infant presented with worsening fast breathing and grunting of two weeks duration. He was referred from another primary hospital to our institution with the diagnosis of type-I cystic congenital airway malformation and severe acute malnutrition (severe wasting). The i.. Read More»
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