title: Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita: airway concerns in an emergency situation.
abstract: Difficult airway is always of special concern to anesthesiologists, but in a trauma setting where having a secured airway is most important, the incidence of difficult airway increases manifold. We report a "cannot ventilate cannot intubate" situation in a trauma patient who was later diagnosed to have arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a syndrome known to affect the airway, and in whom all measures of securing a nonsurgical airway failed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center (JPNATC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. Electronic address: drbabitagupta@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Babita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center (JPNATC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center (JPNATC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Santvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center (JPNATC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Suma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center (JPNATC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Surender
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001176:Arthrogryposis / Q000150:complications*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D017211:Treatment Failure
keywords: airway management: difficult; arthrogryposis