title: Endotracheal tube as tracheal stent in vascular ring.
abstract: Management of vascular ring is always a matter of great concern. There is limited literature on management of carbon dioxide retention in mechanically ventilated patients with vascular rings due to double aortic arch, while awaiting corrective cardiac surgery. A 29-day-old girl with complete duplicated double aortic arch, left descending aorta, and a left patent ductus arteriosus, had severe upper respiratory tract obstruction with carbon dioxide retention. She was managed successfully by endotracheal tube manipulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India n_awasthy@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Awasthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Harmeet Singh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sitaraman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Aorta; Cardiovascular abnormalities; Hypercapnia; Infant; Intubation; Tracheal stenosis