Successful difficult airway management using GlideScope video laryngoscope in a child with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

Abstract

Management of airway in a child with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) should be given due consideration because most of them have the problems related to difficult airway. The GlideScope video laryngoscope can be attempted during routine intubation, however it is mostly used in case of difficulty. With adequate preoperative airway assessment, we used the pediatric video laryngoscope as useful alternative airway device in a child with CdLS and orotracheal intubation proceeded uneventfully.

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“…9 Park et al reported that the video laryngoscope was helpful in intubation in a typical child with a short neck, micrognathia, and restricted mouth opening. 10 Hirai et al reported that they could provide endotracheal intubation with the help of a fiberoptic bronchoscope in a 1-year-old baby. 11 It has been stated that congenital heart diseases can cause hypoxic attacks and difficult airways.…”