Tracheobronchial anomalies in children with congenital cardiac disease |
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Authors: | R Kazim WE Berdon CH Montoya JM Quaegebeur LS Sun |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To perform preoperative airway evaluations, using radiographic analysis, to review the tracheal anatomy in children with congenital cardiac disease. DESIGN: Prospective. SETTING: A university children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred patients. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: One magnified airway film (high kilovoltage filtered) was performed preoperatively on 100 consecutive children presenting for repair of congenital cardiac disease. Events at intubation, with respect to endotracheal tube size (internal diameter in millimeters) and difficulties with placement of the tube, were recorded. Postoperative morbidity, specifically related to underlying airway anomaly, was documented. Eleven children had positive radiographic findings after review of magnified airway films. Six of 11 patients had evidence of tracheobronchial pathology, and five patients had no tracheal pathology. Difficulties with intubation were noted in two children. No perioperative morbidity was noted in any patient. CONCLUSION: The use of preoperative magnified airway films for tracheal evaluations in children with cardiac disease should be considered. |
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