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Airway management in children with hydrocephalus: A case series


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1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
2 Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
 

Anaesthetic induction and airway management in children with acute hydrocephalus for various procedures may be quite challenging. The large occiput, in these patients, places the neck in extreme flexion and the large forehead may obscure the line of sight in laryngoscopy, so elevating the body with pillows or towels is necessary in order to facilitate laryngoscopy.
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Authors

Nida Farooq Shah
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Zulfiqar Ali
Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Talib Khan
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Israr ul haq Lone
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Imtiyaz Naqash
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical care, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract


Anaesthetic induction and airway management in children with acute hydrocephalus for various procedures may be quite challenging. The large occiput, in these patients, places the neck in extreme flexion and the large forehead may obscure the line of sight in laryngoscopy, so elevating the body with pillows or towels is necessary in order to facilitate laryngoscopy.

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