TANAFFOS (Respiration)

TANAFFOS (Respiration)

Anesthesia Management in a Pregnant Woman with Severe Sub-glottic Stenosis

Authors
1 Department of Anesthesiology,
2 Telemedicine Research Center,
3 Tracheal Disease Research Center,
4 Department of Pulmonary Medicine,
5 Lung Transplantation Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University M.C., TEHRAN-IRAN.
Abstract
Tracheal stenosis is extremely rare during pregnancy and is frequently mistaken for and treated as asthma. We describe the management of anesthesia in a pregnant patient with severe subglottic stenosis requiring rigid bronchoscopy for dilation and laser treatment of the stenotic area. (Tanaffos 2008; 7(3): 76-80)
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