Successful anesthetic management of a patient with thyroid carcinoma invading the trachea with tracheal obstruction, scheduled for total thyroidectomy

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 496-499

  Liou, Jing Yang ^a   Chow, Lok Hi ^a   Chan, Kwok Hon ^a   Tsou, Mei Yung ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Tracheal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; TRAMADOL;

AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGEAL INVASION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NASAL CANNULA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STRIDOR; THORAX SURGERY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEA RESECTION; TRACHEAL INVASION; TUMOR INVASION; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; PROCEDURES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84912565027     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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