International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
2023, Volume-4, Issue-3 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7927799
Original Article
Foreign Body Cricopharynx Causing Airway obstruction... Challenge for Ananaesthesiologist
 ,
 ,
 ,
Published
May 12, 2023
Abstract
Background: Common Foreign Body at cricopharynx are coins, peanut, chicken bone, fish, bone, jewellery, metal parts and plastic parts. Foreign Body at cricopharynx appearsless dangerous than those in the respiratory passage but they are potential threat to the airway. Here we present a case of pointed, slender, sharp, shaped Foreign Body at cricopharynx of a toddler leading to airway obstruction during laryngoscopy and it successful management. Case presentation: 3 years old male child of weight, 12kg brought by parents with chief complaints of ingestion of foreign body (sharp metallic foreign body) 8hrs before taken inside OT. Drooling of salivasince 7hrs, On asking mother also complains of change in voice, Difficulty in breathing on lying down position which relieves on propped up position and complaining of Gagging. In the pre-operative evaluation, vitals stable, chest was clear. We did this patient under general anaesthesia, during intubation CVCI condition ensued, so considering risk benefit ratio foreign body removal was done by anaesthesiologist. Conclusions: Senior anaesthesiologist should always be available for all Foreign Body removal. If Foreign Body is seen at the time of laryngoscopy it should be removed first after considering risk benefit ratio … Anaesthesiologists Foreign Body. Call for help at right time is very important.
Recommended Articles
Loading Image...
Volume-4, Issue-3
Citations
816 Views
196 Downloads
Share this article
License
Copyright (c) International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
pdf Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All papers should be submitted electronically. All submitted manuscripts must be original work that is not under submission at another journal or under consideration for publication in another form, such as a monograph or chapter of a book. Authors of submitted papers are obligated not to submit their paper for publication elsewhere until an editorial decision is rendered on their submission. Further, authors of accepted papers are prohibited from publishing the results in other publications that appear before the paper is published in the Journal unless they receive approval for doing so from the Editor-In-Chief.
IJMPR open access articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This license lets the audience to give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made and if they remix, transform, or build upon the material, they must distribute contributions under the same license as the original.
Logo
International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
About Us
The International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research (IJMPR) is an EMBASE (Elsevier)–indexed, open-access journal for high-quality medical, pharmaceutical, and clinical research.
Follow Us
© Copyright IJMPR | All Rights Reserved