Anesthetic management of a patient with airway stenosis due to a giant
goiter and severe pulmonary hypertension: A case report
- Akihisa Taguchi
, - Akiko Hirotsu,
- Misaki Saito Sato,
- Toshiyuki Mizota
Abstract
Anesthetic management of patients with severe pulmonary hypertension
combined with a difficult airway is challenging. The present case
suggests that the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation is useful for safe anesthetic management.
