title: Successful emergency airway management in a case of removal of foreign body bronchus in a pediatric patient.
abstract: Foreign body (FB) aspiration into the respiratory tract is a common incident, especially in the pediatric age group and can, sometimes, pose a real challenge to the anesthesiologists as far as the airway management is concerned. Here, we report a case of FB bronchus in a 3 year 2 months old boy, presenting to the emergency in a cyanosed and comatosed condition with severe respiratory distress. In spite of the unavailability of a pediatric fiberoptic bronchoscope in our hand, the gradual declining condition of the baby made us to take the challenge. The FB was successfully removed through a tracheotome using a nasal endoscope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Swapnadeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sarbari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swaika
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sumantra Sarathi
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Jagabandhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheet
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Anamitra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Bikash
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bisui
keywords: Emergency airway management; foreign body bronchus; nasal endoscope; pediatric patient