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Published on: May 26, 2023
Anesthesia for the patient with tracheal stenosis
Geraldine Daumerie1, Stacey Su, E Andrew Ochroch
1Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, 680 Dulles Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Abstract:
Tracheal stenosis may occur secondary to trauma, tumors, infection, inflammatory diseases, or iatrogenic causes. Understanding these lesions requires a basic understanding of the physics of airflow. All of these patients must be carefully evaluated and require a series of tests, including pulmonary function tests and radiographic studies. Treatment of tracheal lesions is a multidisciplinary issue and requires the close participation of interventional pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, and surgeons.
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