Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report
Local block and awake intubation are the choice for airway management in patients with anticipated difficult airways. This paper reports a case of a 67 year old man with snoring and hoarseness and laryngeal mass in stroboscopy (12X12X10), candidate for elective surgery. He was intubated awake and th...
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| description | Local block and awake intubation are the choice for airway management in patients with anticipated difficult airways. This paper reports a case of a 67 year old man with snoring and hoarseness and laryngeal mass in stroboscopy (12X12X10), candidate for elective surgery. He was intubated awake and the mass was resected. Therefore, patients with horseness and snoring should not be anesthetized immediately since the mass might be large and intubation would be difficult. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cd353a54a534c45abce9906e0c366f42023-01-25T07:33:19ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792018-06-0128161138143Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report01 Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Paramedical, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Orthopedic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Local block and awake intubation are the choice for airway management in patients with anticipated difficult airways. This paper reports a case of a 67 year old man with snoring and hoarseness and laryngeal mass in stroboscopy (12X12X10), candidate for elective surgery. He was intubated awake and the mass was resected. Therefore, patients with horseness and snoring should not be anesthetized immediately since the mass might be large and intubation would be difficult.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-10066-en.htmlairway blockdifficult intubationstroboscopy |
| spellingShingle | Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences airway block difficult intubation stroboscopy |
| title | Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report |
| title_full | Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report |
| title_short | Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report |
| title_sort | local block and awake intubation in a patient with laryngeal mass and anticipated difficult airway a case report |
| topic | airway block difficult intubation stroboscopy |
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