title: Management of a term parturient with tracheal stenosis.
abstract: We describe the management of a 37-week parturient with a breech singleton pregnancy presenting with progressive dyspnoea caused by tracheal stenosis. The patient underwent bronchoscopy using a flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope and dilatation of a stenosis using a balloon-tipped catheter. Subsequently, the patient had a normal delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Body
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*