Penetrating tracheal injury in a child.
A case is reported of a 3.5-year-old child with a stab wound in the neck, that penetrated the trachea. A pneumomediastinum was present. The anaesthetic problems are discussed and the child's management outlined.
Hamilton-Farrell
M R
MR
Anaesthetics Unit, London Hospital Medical College.
Edmondson
L
L
Cantrell
W D
WD
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*