Difficult airway management in children with trisomy 18: a retrospective single-centre study of incidence, outcomes, and complications

Wenyu Bai; Thomas Klumpner; Xinyi Zhao; Graciela Mentz; Glenn Green; Lori Q Riegger; Shobha Malviya; Sydney E S Brown

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.022

Difficult airway management in children with trisomy 18: a retrospective single-centre study of incidence, outcomes, and complications

Br J Anaesth. 2023 Jun;130(6):e471-e473. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.022. Epub 2023 Mar 23.

Authors

Wenyu Bai¹, Thomas Klumpner², Xinyi Zhao², Graciela Mentz², Glenn Green³, Lori Q Riegger², Shobha Malviya², Sydney E S Brown²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

PMID: 36966022
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.022

No abstract available

Keywords: airway intervention; complications; difficult intubation; difficult mask ventilation; paediatric anaesthesia; tracheal intubation; trisomy 18.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Airway Management*
Child
Humans
Incidence
Intubation, Intratracheal
Laryngeal Masks*
Retrospective Studies
Trisomy 18 Syndrome / therapy