Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Ayca Dumanli Ozcan
Ataturk Training and Research Hospital,
Çiğdem Mah.1577 sok. 5/12 Çankaya, Ankara
Turkey
Case Report
A Case of Difficult Ventilation
Author(s): Ayca Dumanli Ozcan, Abdulkadir But, Şemsi Mustafa Aksoy, Nuray Kara Güven and Cihan DögerAyca Dumanli Ozcan, Abdulkadir But, Şemsi Mustafa Aksoy, Nuray Kara Güven and Cihan Döger
Difficult ventilation is a problem related to airway management which is a frequent and significant problem encountered during anesthesia. The main causes of difficult ventilation include disturbances in anesthetic gas flow, obstructions in the breathing-circulation system, decreased pulmonary compliance, severe acute bronchospasm, tension pneumothorax and endobronchial mass lesions. Secretions, cuff herniation, faults in manufactured airway equipment and kinking of the tube might also cause obstructions in the breathing-circulation systems. This report presents a case of difficult ventilation following intubation due to an endotracheal tube defect... View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000528