Anesthetic management of tongue reduction in a case of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Anesthesia for partial glossectomy in a premature child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome presents as a unique challenge to the Anesthesiologist. Airway management in patients presenting with macroglossia is especially significant and requires meticulous preparation and pre-operative assessment. This...

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Autores principales: Batra, Meenu, Valecha, Umesh K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25425786
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.142863
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description Anesthesia for partial glossectomy in a premature child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome presents as a unique challenge to the Anesthesiologist. Airway management in patients presenting with macroglossia is especially significant and requires meticulous preparation and pre-operative assessment. This report delineates the anesthetic concerns such as an anticipated difficult airway due to a large tongue, prematurity, hypoglycemia and an oral cavity surgery and their management.
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spelling pubmed-42347972014-11-25 Anesthetic management of tongue reduction in a case of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome Batra, Meenu Valecha, Umesh K. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Case Report Anesthesia for partial glossectomy in a premature child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome presents as a unique challenge to the Anesthesiologist. Airway management in patients presenting with macroglossia is especially significant and requires meticulous preparation and pre-operative assessment. This report delineates the anesthetic concerns such as an anticipated difficult airway due to a large tongue, prematurity, hypoglycemia and an oral cavity surgery and their management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4234797/ /pubmed/25425786 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.142863 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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