Ludwig's angina and airway considerations: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Patients with deep neck infections present challenging airways for an anesthesiologist. Patients with Ludwig's angina may die as a result of the inability to effectively manage the airway. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we discuss the anesthetic management with fiberoptic intubation of a...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Anand H, Pai, Swarupa D, Bhattarai, Basant, Rao, Sumesh T, Ambareesha, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-19
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author Kulkarni, Anand H
Pai, Swarupa D
Bhattarai, Basant
Rao, Sumesh T
Ambareesha, M
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description INTRODUCTION: Patients with deep neck infections present challenging airways for an anesthesiologist. Patients with Ludwig's angina may die as a result of the inability to effectively manage the airway. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we discuss the anesthetic management with fiberoptic intubation of a 45-year-old man with Ludwig's angina scheduled for emergency drainage. CONCLUSION: Awake fiberoptic intubation under topical anesthesia may be the ideal method to secure the airway in advanced cases of Ludwig's angina. When fiberoptic bronchoscopy is not feasible, not available or has failed, an awake tracheostomy may be the preferred option.
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spelling pubmed-24403662008-06-27 Ludwig's angina and airway considerations: a case report Kulkarni, Anand H Pai, Swarupa D Bhattarai, Basant Rao, Sumesh T Ambareesha, M Cases J Case Report INTRODUCTION: Patients with deep neck infections present challenging airways for an anesthesiologist. Patients with Ludwig's angina may die as a result of the inability to effectively manage the airway. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we discuss the anesthetic management with fiberoptic intubation of a 45-year-old man with Ludwig's angina scheduled for emergency drainage. CONCLUSION: Awake fiberoptic intubation under topical anesthesia may be the ideal method to secure the airway in advanced cases of Ludwig's angina. When fiberoptic bronchoscopy is not feasible, not available or has failed, an awake tracheostomy may be the preferred option. BioMed Central 2008-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2440366/ /pubmed/18577200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-19 Text en Copyright © 2008 Kulkarni et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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