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Retrograde wire.
Heres the link btw, the other doesnt seem to be working.
Florida doctors to remove 10-pound facial tumor that threatens to break boy's neck
Heres the link btw, the other doesnt seem to be working.
Florida doctors to remove 10-pound facial tumor that threatens to break boy's neck
I’m thinking fem-fem bypass from the picture, but maybe there is access for sedated trach.
Yeah, I guess that’s what I’m saying with fem fem bypass. Post op trach.
Easy fiberoptic
Second on the ECMO... yikes. I wouldn't want this as an oral exam question.
I'm curious if anybody on here has had experience with something like that. ECMO as the plan for a bad airway.
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deleted162650
At the children's hospital where I did residency they had a young teen with an enormous mediastinal mass. They did an SAB followed by awake venous groin canulation and initiation of V-V bypass.
Med mass? You mean fem-fem V-A bypass, right?
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deleted162650
You could very well be correct. It's been a while and I don't remember all the deets. I know the case was published.
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deleted59964
would be interesting to know how mobile that mass is, he is still eating so another view might give a more favourable picture. might be possible to gas him off to sleep.
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deleted697535
why va? This is airway obstruction without heart failure? Surely vv would work or am I missing something?
Vector was saying you want v-a for massive mediastinal mass. But yes, v-v would suit here for oxygenation.
I guess it really depends on the mass. VV for isolated tracheobronchial compression, VA for compression of great vessels/right heart with hemodynamic compromise that doesn't respond to lateral/prone positioning etc
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deleted59964
So for the bypass advocates - you go on bypass, then off to sleep, then secure airway, then come off bypass and give protamine?
bypass, sleep, airway/surgical airway depending on anatomy
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deleted59964
I haven’t done bypass for a difficult airway.
You’d have to reverse the heparin before starting the dissection wouldn’t you?
You’d have to reverse the heparin before starting the dissection wouldn’t you?
id place an iv, have bypass ready to go, but attempt IV sedation with versed/precedex, quick trach by surgeon, if difficulty on pump, but it looks like his neck might be normal and easy once you move the tumor up off of it
Something about this kid tells me he would cooperate with an awake Trach. But he has obviously been able to eat through all of this. It appears to me that this mass is only involving his face above the mouth. He is probably breathing through his mouth. Therefore, an awake FOB may even be doable.
The key to this case and on the boards in my mind is not to burn your bridges. If that means having bypass ready to go then so be it. This case is obviously going to a high volume Children’s hospital and I’d bet good money someone there has done FOB on quite a few kids. That person does the airway.
The key to this case and on the boards in my mind is not to burn your bridges. If that means having bypass ready to go then so be it. This case is obviously going to a high volume Children’s hospital and I’d bet good money someone there has done FOB on quite a few kids. That person does the airway.
I see what you were saying, his mouth is under there somewhere.
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deleted59964
like all cases in kids, the age (and developmental age) of the child is important in choosing a plan.
he's 14yo, so he might be able to tolerate an awake fiberoptic after good topicalisation, if he was 4 that becomes highly unlikely.
most difficult airways in small children get gas to sleep with 100% O2 and sevo, maintain spontaneous ventilation, then either combined video laryngoscopy and fiberoptic, or LMA conduit for fiberoptic... of course have all your back up plans in place, especially for exams. (including bypass ... but in reality it takes time to run on to bypass, so I doubt in a child you have enough if you lose the airway unless you've already cannulated and the machine and personnel are ready).
he's 14yo, so he might be able to tolerate an awake fiberoptic after good topicalisation, if he was 4 that becomes highly unlikely.
most difficult airways in small children get gas to sleep with 100% O2 and sevo, maintain spontaneous ventilation, then either combined video laryngoscopy and fiberoptic, or LMA conduit for fiberoptic... of course have all your back up plans in place, especially for exams. (including bypass ... but in reality it takes time to run on to bypass, so I doubt in a child you have enough if you lose the airway unless you've already cannulated and the machine and personnel are ready).
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deleted87051
Shiet that’s not a lot of space between the mandible and the manubrium.
What's wrong with the back of his neck? Why is there a little black space there
I believe that is a skin fold.
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deleted162650
The skull thickness is impressive.
Not in that study but I think he should be able to extend the cervical spine just fine. Or at least enough. I think one could slip an LMA in there and call it a day 😉
I saw that too. WTF?
This poor kiddo isn’t out of the woods when the mass is gone by a long shot.
I also thought that his c-spine was jacked (medical terminology) but I think it’s mostly that it’s not lined up well in the study.
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deleted162650
Does anyone know the pathology on this thing??
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deleted59964
It’s not midline
Yeah I think that head is both turned and tilted. The cspine is mostly centered but that's about it.
The slice of the skull we're seeing is way off midline. The radiologist was probably letting a med student drive the mouse, I don't know why anyone would measure skull thickness in that view.
Guys, that’s his true skull thickness. If you read up on the illness, these patients bones get eaten up by fibrous tissue and they end up developing a lot of skeletal deformities.
The mass on his face stems from facial bones being replaced by fibrous tissue. It can affect one part of their body or many parts of it.
Read up guys. Can’t remember the name for the disease right this minute though.
The mass on his face stems from facial bones being replaced by fibrous tissue. It can affect one part of their body or many parts of it.
Read up guys. Can’t remember the name for the disease right this minute though.
Wow
I figured the total lack of facial bones in that scan meant the scan plane was way off midline.
"If the radiology resident and the medical student both see a lesion on the chest x-ray, there can be no lesion there."
So there is an issue with the facial bones or there isn't?
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deleted59964
I don’t know what this child’s pathology is, and you are sadly probably right ... but whether this slice is midline is important ... this might be a slice taken to demonstrate maximal dimension of the mass to be excised.
For an example see
Jobsfan,
I am NOT PROBABLY RIGHT. I am right. And yes, I know about the difference in appearance depending on where the slices are taken.
The condition is actually in the first linked article called polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. Look up X-rays of this condition.
Look at the bone density of the skull. You see the thinned bone/hollowed out areas that should appear completely uniform but aren't? As in should appear completely white/gray like in your example? Thats's because bone has been replaced and thickened by fibrous tissue.
I am NOT PROBABLY RIGHT. I am right. And yes, I know about the difference in appearance depending on where the slices are taken.
The condition is actually in the first linked article called polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. Look up X-rays of this condition.
Look at the bone density of the skull. You see the thinned bone/hollowed out areas that should appear completely uniform but aren't? As in should appear completely white/gray like in your example? Thats's because bone has been replaced and thickened by fibrous tissue.
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deleted59964
ok chill - you frighten me with your caps lock. you are right about the pathology.
the accuracy of the thickness of the skull measurement we can’t confirm unless you actually have the CT ... because it’s not midline.
that is some major disease, but yea look at that ridiculous bone density to go with the thickness. wow
That’s what she said...
Looks like the kid survived whatever surgery they did / attempted.
What this 14-year-old thought was a pimple turned into an 8-pound tumor
However, post-op respiratory / renal complications lead to his death.
Cuban boy with giant tumor dies after surgery
What this 14-year-old thought was a pimple turned into an 8-pound tumor
However, post-op respiratory / renal complications lead to his death.
Cuban boy with giant tumor dies after surgery
Damn that was a roller coaster ride of only two sentences.
“After visiting Emanuel last night and observing a ray of hope from his pupillary reflexes and the muscle tone of his face, I was informed this morning that his condition had turned grave,”
Read more here: Cuban boy with giant tumor dies after surgery
Seems to me that quote clearly says the operation had its share of complications and “survival” through the surgery was a tad gray.
Read more here: Cuban boy with giant tumor dies after surgery
Seems to me that quote clearly says the operation had its share of complications and “survival” through the surgery was a tad gray.
12 hr surgery and a lot of bleeders per article. Perhaps got many units of products?
