Anaesthetic management of an infant with anterior mediastinal mass.
A substantial mediastinal mass in a small infant can create a dilemma regarding the safest mode of airway management. To ensure safety at all times, we adopted one lung ventilation for fear of compression of the carina and/or both main bronchi. Anaesthesia was maintained at a very light plane by the use of local nerve blocks to secure the airway and epidural analgesia for surgery until the tumour was mobilized.
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Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel Mombay, India.
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Naik
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D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009407:Nerve Block; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013724:Teratoma / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed