Cesarean Delivery in the Bronchoscopy Suite in a Patient with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass

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Ursula Galway Tom Gildea Evan Parker Kurt Ruetzler

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Ursula Galway
Department of General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

A B S T R A C T

Mediastinal masses pose a significant challenge for anesthesiologists due to the risk of cardiorespiratory collapse. Pregnancy in of itself causes multiple detrimental changes to respiratory physiology. We present a case of cesarean delivery performed in the bronchoscopy suite followed by bronchoscopic airway evaluation in a patient at 33 weeks gestation with symptomatic anterior mediastinal mass. We discuss the multidisciplinary approach and anaesthetic management of this complicated case.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 23, Apr 2021
Accepted: Mon 10, May 2021
Published: Mon 31, May 2021

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© 2023 Ursula Galway. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.05.05