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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Airway management in a patient with Crouzon syndrome proposed to orthognathic surgery
  1. Melissa Fernandes1,
  2. Ana Eufrásio1,
  3. João Bonifácio1,
  4. João Marcelino2
  1. 1Anesthesiology, Centro hospitalar e Universitário Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
  2. 2Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Centro hospitalar e Universitário Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ana Eufrásio, eufrana{at}gmail.com

Summary

Airway management is one of the most important anaesthetist’s skills as major complications of airway management, although rare, can be among the most life threatening in medicine. Crouzon syndrome is a rare condition with physical characteristics that can result in difficult airway manipulation. A correct preanaesthetic evaluation and a planned preinduction strategy should be designed to facilitate intubation.

  • anaesthesia
  • genetics

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-219371

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MF was responsible for data collection and analyses and prepared the manuscript draft. AE, JB and JM conducted the clinical case during the all procedure including patient recruitment and management of clinical situation. All authors approved the final manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.