Airway Management in EXIT Procedures

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Chapter 20 - Airway Management in EXIT Procedures

from Section 3 - Special Topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2019

Debnath Chatterjee and

Timothy M. Crombleholme

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Narasimhan Jagannathan and

John E. Fiadjoe

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Narasimhan Jagannathan: Affiliation:
Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois
John E. Fiadjoe: Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Advances in prenatal imaging, including ultrasonography and fetal MRI, have allowed more accurate diagnosis of several structural fetal anomalies that put the newborn at risk for airway compromise immediately after birth. The EXIT procedure has enabled securing the airway and performing other fetal interventions in a controlled fashion, while still on placental support, thereby preventing life-threatening airway compromise after birth. This chapter will focus on the newer evolving indications, preoperative planning, anesthetic management, and strategies for fetal airway management during an EXIT procedure.

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Information: Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway , pp. 204 - 211

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316658680.020 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2019

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