Anesthetic management of a case of suicidal cut throat injury

  • Abhishek Biswas mandeep Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab (India)
  • Swarn Kaur Gulati Head, Department of Anesthesiology, Amandeep Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab (India)
  • Shaveta Kaushal Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab (India)
Keywords: ntubation, Airway defect, Tracheostomy

Abstract

Traumatic airway injuries may be rare, but these can be difficult to manage as there is a chance
of aspiration of blood and risk of hypoxia as happened in our case. We present a case of suicidal
cut throat injury in a 16 year old male. Tracheal intubation was initially done directly through
the tracheal cut; and tracheostomy with repair of wound followed later on. The patient was
electively ventilated for 12 hours post operatively and recovered completely. Mortality and late
complications in these patients are high and may be related to delay in definitive treatment.

Published
01-26-2019
How to Cite
Biswas, A., Gulati, S. K., & Kaushal, S. (2019). Anesthetic management of a case of suicidal cut throat injury. Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 181-183. Retrieved from https://mail.apicareonline.com/index.php/APIC/article/view/295
Section
Case Reports