Airway obstruction after extubation following use of transesophageal echocardiography for posterior fossa surgery in the sitting position

作者：Pandia Mihir Prakash^*; Bithal Parmod Kumar; Bhagat Hemant; Sharma Munish

来源：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2007, 14(11): 1139-1141.

DOI：10.1016/j.jocn.2005.11.006

• respiratory obstruction
• sitting position
• tran esophageal echocardiography

We report respiratory obstruction following surgery in the sitting position with tracheal intubation and placement of a transesophageal echocardiography probe. Obstruction was due to pharyngeal oedema, which resolved with 24 hours. The mechanisms of this complication are discussed.

• 出版日期2007-11
• 单位河北医科大学