title: Jet ventilation for the excision of vocal cord polyps in a pregnant patient.
abstract: The anaesthetic management of patients presenting with laryngeal tumours and airway obstruction is difficult. We present the case of a pregnant woman at 30 weeks gestation who underwent surgical removal of two vocal cord polyps under general anaesthesia using jet ventilation
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: el Shobary
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schricker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery*