Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2020; 9(03): 179-182DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713341 Review Article Airway Considerations in Pediatric Neurosurgical Patients Hemant Bhagat 1 Neuroanaesthesia Division, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India 3 Anaesthesia Department, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India , Summit Dev Bloria 1 Neuroanaesthesia Division, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India 3 Anaesthesia Department, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India , Sonia Kapil 2 Neuroanaesthesia Division, Paras Hospital Panchkula, Haryana, India , Narender Kaloria 3 Anaesthesia Department, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India › Institutsangaben Artikel empfehlen Abstract Abstract Managing airway in pediatric neurosurgical patients can prove to be challenging. In this article, we wish to touch upon the specific airway considerations to be kept in mind while caring for these patients during neurosurgeries. Keywords Keywordspediatric patients’ airway Volltext Referenzen References 1 Vagyannavar R, Bharti V, Hashim M. Difficult airway in a case of gross hydrocephalus for shunt surgery. Anesth Essays Res 2017; 11 (04) 1109-1111 2 de D Beer, Bingham R. The child with facial abnormalities. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2011; 24 (03) 282-288 3 Allsopp GM, Karkanevatos A, Bickerton RC. Abductor vocal fold palsy as a manifestation of type one Arnold Chiari malformation. J Laryngol Otol 2000; 114 (03) 221-223 4 Choi SS, Tran LP, Zalzal GH. Airway abnormalities in patients with Arnold-Chiari malformation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999; 121 (06) 720-724 5 Saigal D, Ganjoo P, Sharma MU, Singh D. Managing tracheal extubation in infants with stridor and congenital neuraxial anomalies. J Pediatr Neurosci 2016; 11 (04) 335-337 6 Murthy PS, Kalinayakanahalli Ramkrishnappa SK. Giant occipital encephalocele in an infant: A surgical challenge. J Pediatr Neurosci 2019; 14 (04) 218-221 7 Krane EJ, Phillip BM, Yeh KK, Domino KB. Anaesthesia for paediatric neurosurgery. In: Smith RM, Mototyama EK, Davis PJ. eds. Smith’s Anaesthesia for Infants and Children. 7th ed.. Philadelphia: Mosby; 2006: 651-84 8 Bharti N, Bala I. Kinking of endotracheal tube during posterior fossa surgery. Indian J Anaesth 2010; 54 (02) 172-173 9 Wagner KM, Raskin JS, Carling NP. et al. Unplanned intraoperative extubations in pediatric neurosurgery: analysis of case series to increase patient safety. World Neurosurg 2018; 115: e1-e6 10 Luo LL, Zhou LX, Chen LJ, Lü S, Huang W, Luo D. [The application of nasopharyngeal airway in nurosurgery patients during anesthesia recovery]. Sichuan Da Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2013; 44 (04) 689-692 11 Agarwal A, Shobhana N. LMA in neurosurgery. Can J Anaesth 1995; 42 (08) 750 12 Fan CH, Peng B, Zhang FC. Influence of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion anesthesia on cognitive function after microsurgery in pediatric neurosurgery. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2017; 21 (04) , Suppl) 37-42 13 Rachel J Homer, Elwood T, Peterson D, Rampersad S. Risk factors for adverse events in children with colds emerging from anesthesia: a logistic regression. Paediatr Anaesth 2007; 17 (02) 154-161 14 Kemper KJ, Benson MS, Bishop MJ. Predictors of postextubation stridor in pediatric trauma patients. Crit Care Med 1991; 19 (03) 352-355 15 Khemani RG, Randolph A, Markovitz B. Corticosteroids for the prevention and treatment of post-extubation stridor in neonates, children and adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009; ( (03) CD001000 16 Tellez DW, Galvis AG, Storgion SA, Amer HN, Hoseyni M, Deakers TW. Dexamethasone in the prevention of postextubation stridor in children. J Pediatr 1991; 118 (02) 289-294 17 Anene O, Meert KL, Uy H, Simpson P, Sarnaik AP. Dexamethasone for the prevention of postextubation airway obstruction: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Crit Care Med 1996; 24 (10) 1666-1669