title: [Anesthetic management for airway endoscopy in pediatrics].
abstract: We describe our experience with anesthesia for airway endoscopy in 60 patients, aged to 10 years. Urgent or out-patient endoscopies were performed during removal of foreign bodies from the airway tract or during "dynamic" pathological diagnosis (laryngomalacia, vocal cord paralysis, tracheomalacia, tracheal/bronchial dyskinesia). Isoflurane induction and local anesthesia of the vocal cords allowed sufficient ventilation and oxygenation of anesthetized spontaneously breathing patients. This anesthetic procedure is suitable in high risk patients like newborns and small children. This technique supports the cardiocirculatory and blood gas analytic parameters, maintaining low airway pressures while depressing respiratory reflexes.
authors.affiliation: II Servizio di Anestesia-Rianimazione, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mirabile
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Alessio
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Restivo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pansera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricucci
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant
vernacular_title: Condotta anestesiologica nelle endoscopie respiratorie in età pediatrica.