Abstract:Management of a premature infant with PDA poses a significant challenge in the perioperative period for the anaesthesiologist. The risk is multiplied when it is associated with other congenital respiratory anomalies. In our case a premature child at 5 month of age presented with PDA and tracheomalacia. There was a risk of airway collapse during sedation or induction of anaesthesia along with an anticipated difficult intubation. We have managed the case by inducing and intubating the patient in the lateral posi… Show more
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