Airway management in a baby with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome.
We report the successful fibreoptic intubation through a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) while maintaining spontaneous respiration in an anaesthetized 3-month-old female infant with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome, in whom direct laryngoscopy and intubation proved impossible.
Iohom
Gabriella
G
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland. iohom@hotmail.com
Lyons
Barry
B
Casey
William
W
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D019066:Facies; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017214:Laryngeal Masks