Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope
A 94-year-old female presented to the emergency department with acute expiratory stridor. In the absence of an otorhinolaryngologist, an urgent laryngoscopy was performed using a flexible bronchoscope by an anaesthesiologist in the emergency department leading to a change in management. Subsequent r...
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| description | A 94-year-old female presented to the emergency department with acute expiratory stridor. In the absence of an otorhinolaryngologist, an urgent laryngoscopy was performed using a flexible bronchoscope by an anaesthesiologist in the emergency department leading to a change in management. Subsequent radiographs confirmed severe tracheal compression from megaoesophagus secondary to achalasia as the cause of acute airway obstruction. Use of flexible bronchoscope as a diagnostic tool by an anaesthesiologist to evaluate a patient presenting with signs of acute airway obstruction may lead to a safer and more careful airway management planning. Suggestions are also made regarding establishment of emergency surgical airways when conventional approaches fail. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1dd6339320ef44529406ba0e15099af62025-02-03T01:20:31ZengWileyCase Reports in Anesthesiology2090-63822090-63902021-01-01202110.1155/2021/88153768815376Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible BronchoscopeJun D. Parker0Department of Anaesthesia, Portland District Health, 141-151 Bentinck Street, Portland, Victoria 3305, AustraliaA 94-year-old female presented to the emergency department with acute expiratory stridor. In the absence of an otorhinolaryngologist, an urgent laryngoscopy was performed using a flexible bronchoscope by an anaesthesiologist in the emergency department leading to a change in management. Subsequent radiographs confirmed severe tracheal compression from megaoesophagus secondary to achalasia as the cause of acute airway obstruction. Use of flexible bronchoscope as a diagnostic tool by an anaesthesiologist to evaluate a patient presenting with signs of acute airway obstruction may lead to a safer and more careful airway management planning. Suggestions are also made regarding establishment of emergency surgical airways when conventional approaches fail.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8815376 |
| spellingShingle | Jun D. Parker Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope Case Reports in Anesthesiology |
| title | Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope |
| title_full | Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope |
| title_fullStr | Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope |
| title_short | Acute Airway Obstruction from Megaoesophagus Secondary to Achalasia Evaluated with Flexible Bronchoscope |
| title_sort | acute airway obstruction from megaoesophagus secondary to achalasia evaluated with flexible bronchoscope |
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