[Food residues identified in the pharynx of a patient with a cleft palate].
Solid food residues were identified in the pharynx of a 17-month-old infant with a cleft palate at the time of anesthesia induction, although nothing-by-mouth directions for more than four hours had been strictly followed. Preoperative airway management, e.g. gargling and nose blowing, is necessary in patients with a cleft palate even after an appropriate period of fasting because food residues may remain in the nose due to the anatomical abnormality.
Ohbuchi
Yuko
Y
Department of Anesthesiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa 920-0293.
Hidaka
Koji
K
Yanagawa
Shinpei
S
Kadota
Waki
W
Tsuchida
Hideaki
H
Kawakami
Shigehiko
S
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010614:Pharynx; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013997:Time Factors