Emergency extracorporeal oxygenation for an intratracheal foreign body

Abstract

SummaryThe emergency management of a patient presenting in respiratory failure due to critical tracheal stenosis caused by an intratracheal foreign body is described. The use of an extracorporeal oxygenator in the anaesthetic management of the patient i s highlighted.

Persistent upper airway obstruction after aneurysmectomy of brachiocephalic trunk

“…However, the management of airway obstruction complicated by tracheobronchial compression still poses many problems. As many authors have pointed out, the respiratory state is precarious by induction and during anesthesia [1][2][3][4][5][6], but in adults it is rare that airway obstruction markedly increases because of tracheomalacia after surgical repair [7,8].…”