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CASE REPORT
Year : 2023  |  Volume : 2  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 56-58

Anesthetic concerns during rigid bronchoscopy for the management of a friable vegetative foreign body in an infant


1 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
3 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
4 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, RNT Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
5 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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DOI: 10.4103/jica.jica_2_23

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Tracheobronchial foreign-body (FB) aspiration is a commonly encountered entity in the pediatric population. FB aspiration (FBA) is an emergency condition requiring early recognition and management, and the primary treatment is the surgical removal of FB under anesthesia. Herein, we report a unique case of an infant developing prolonged severe respiratory distress due to obstruction following a vegetative FBA and shall also discuss the related anesthetic concerns.


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