[Anesthetic management of a boy with 7 q trisomy syndrome].

Abstract

A 5-year-old boy with 7 q trisomy received general anesthesia for tracheostomy. He was born with multiple morphological malformations including anomalies of ears, eyes, face and vertebral, accompanying difficulty in tracheal intubation. At first we inserted a laryngoscope under awake condition to estimate the difficulty in intubation. Then, we performed intubation under sevoflurane-N2O-O2 anesthesia. After intubation, there was no problem during the operation. A child with chromosome abnormality has multiple malformations and we should be ready for possible difficulties.

• Authors: Toshie Habara, Tsutomu Shichino, Kazuhiko Fukuda
• Journal: Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology (Masui) Vol. 54 Issue 10 Pg. 1159-61 (Oct 2005) ISSN: 0021-4892 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 16231775 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Abnormalities, Multiple
• Anesthesia, General (methods)
• Child, Preschool
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
• Humans
• Intubation, Intratracheal
• Laryngoscopes
• Male
• Tracheostomy
• Trisomy