Case Reports
Perioperative Anesthesia Care for an Infant Presented with Fulminant Respiratory Distress Secondary a Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in a Resource-Constrained Area-A Rare Case Report
Author(s):
Tajera Tageza Ilala*, Gudeta Teku Ayano, Fentaw Belay Muhammed, Mengistu Yinges Kebede and Aschalew Besha Desta
Background: Infantile congenital pulmonary airway malformation is
considered a rare congenital malformation occurring in infants. The
provision of anesthesia for such infants bears a substantially challenging
situation, as it may lead to sudden hemodynamic collapse during the
induction of anesthesia, and positive pressure ventilation resulting in
hyperin lation of the cystic lesion. Effective airway management
requires thorough knowledge and experience in one-lung ventilation and
recognition of related complications during pneumonectomy or
lobectomy. Case description: A 4 months old male infant presented
with worsening fast breathing and grunting of two weeks duration.
He was referred from another primary hospital to our institution with the
diagnosis of type-I cystic congenital airway malformation and severe
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