Appendicitis in Pregnancy
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 20-year-old female, G1P0 at 17 weeks’ gestation, presents to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right sided abdominal pain. The pain began 10 hours…
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Unique Challenges of Ectopic Airway Management
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 42-year-old obese man is undergoing renal dialysis in a hospital dialysis unit when he suddenly suffers a cardiac arrest. He is a diabetic with…
Airway Management of the Pregnant Trauma Victim
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 35-year-old pregnant woman, approximately 36 weeks gestation, is admitted to the emergency department (ED) following a motor vehicle crash. She has a closed head…
Cannot Intubate and Cannot Oxygenate in an Infant After Induction of Anesthesia
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 21-month-old boy with CHARGE syndrome was brought to the operating room for a gastroscopy, echocardiogram, auditory brainstem response (ABR) test, ear tubes and examination…
Airway Management of the Obstetrical Patient with an Anticipated Difficult Airway
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen The patient is a 32-year-old black female G1P0 at 31 weeks’ gestation. Her medical history is notable for significant obesity (141 kg; BMI 49), a…
A Neonate with a Difficult Airway and Aspiration Risk
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A newborn with small bowel obstruction is taken to the operating room for an exploratory laparotomy. You are called to assist with a potentially difficult…
Airway Management of a 6-Year-Old with Pierre Robin Syndrome for Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 6-year-old child with Pierre Robin Syndrome (PRS) presents for bilateral inguinal hernia repair. As a newborn, he underwent tongue-lip adhesion surgery for upper airway…
Management of a Child with a History of Difficult Intubation and Post-Tonsillectomy Bleed
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 6-year-old boy with Down syndrome is en route to your children’s hospital by ambulance with post-tonsillectomy bleeding. He underwent adenotonsillectomy under general anesthesia 22…
Airway Management of a Patient with a Difficult Airway Requiring Microlaryngoscopy, Tracheoscopy, and Pharyngoesophageal Dilation
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 17-year-old woman (AB) presents with a 4-year history of dysphagia. She is unable to eat solids. She also has poor voice with low pitch…
Management of a 12-Year-Old Child with a Foreign Body in the Bronchus
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 40 kg, 12-year-old boy with a history of cervical spine fusion due to syringomyelia presents to the hospital following the accidental inhalation of a…
