title: Airway management for an uncooperative patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
abstract: We describe a case of an unco-operative patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa in whom difficult tracheal intubation was anticipated and fibreoptic bronchoscope guided tracheal intubation was successfully achieved after induction of general anaesthesia. Other problems in airway management associated with this disorder are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murashima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology