title: Airway management in a baby with femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland. iohom@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iohom
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Casey
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D019066:Facies; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017214:Laryngeal Masks