A Multipronged Approach to Attenuate Hyper Reactive Airway During Anaesthesia for a Child With Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Posted for Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery

Dr.Joseph Raajesh I.; Dr.Bhavani.V.

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

A Multipronged Approach to Attenuate Hyper Reactive Airway During Anaesthesia for a Child With Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Posted for Emergency Ophthalmic Surgery

Dr. Joseph Raajesh I. , Dr. Bhavani. V.

Abstract :

Anaesthetizing children with upper respiratory tract infection (URI) is associated with many perioperative respiratory events ranging from laryngospasm to life threatening hypoxemia leading on to circulatory collapse. Various risk factors and treatment modalities for these perioperative respiratory events have been discussed by different authors. Here we report the anaesthetic management of a child with URI who had to undergo removal of caterpillar hair from the left eye as an emergency procedure.