Ketamine for induction and intubation in Treacher-Collins syndrome.
A patient with the Treacher-Collins syndrome is described, in whom intubation of the trachea was achieved using ketamine as the sole anaesthetic agent. Intubation was aided by blind location of the glottis with a gum-elastic stylet.
D000293:Adolescent; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D007649:Ketamine; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000601:surgery*
D007649:Ketamine