title: Anesthesia for patients with a mediastinal mass.
abstract: Anesthesia for patients with mediastinal masses carries a significant risk for fatal or near-fatal cardiorespiratory events. Careful history taking and thorough preoperative investigation, including CT, identify most susceptible patients. Preoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopy performed by or involving the anesthesiologist is invaluable for determining the plan for intubation and ventilation. A coordinated approach involving anesthesiologists and surgeons is essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Harte
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Body
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery