Negative pressure suction test : An intraoperative airway maneuver to assess effectiveness of surgical correction of tracheobronchomalacia

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BACKGROUND: Surgical correction of tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) has evolved greatly over the past decade, with select pediatric institutions establishing dedicated surgery and anesthesia teams to navigate the complexities and challenges of surgical airway repairs. Although anesthetic techniques have evolved internally over many years to improve patient safety and outcomes, many of these methods remain undescribed in literature.

TECHNIQUE: In this article, we describe the intraoperative negative pressure suction test. This simulates the negative pressure seen in awake and spontaneously breathing patients, including the higher pressures seen during coughing which induce airway collapse in patients with TBM. Also known as the Munoz maneuver in surgical literature, this test has been performed on over 300 patients since 2015.

DISCUSSION: The negative pressure suction test allows for controlled intraoperative assessment of surgical airway repairs, replaces the need for risky intraoperative wake-up tests, increases the chances of a successful surgical repair, and improves anesthetic management for emergence and extubation. We provide a guide on how to perform the test and videos demonstrating its efficacy in intraoperative airway evaluation.

CONCLUSIONS: As surgeries to repair TBM become more prevalent in other pediatric institutions, we believe that pediatric patients and anesthesia providers will benefit from the insights and methods described here.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Paediatr Anaesth. 2024 May;34(5):480-481. - PMID 38358324

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Paediatric anaesthesia - 34(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 289-292

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kuo, Frederick H [VerfasserIn]
Elliott, Richard A [VerfasserIn]
Watkins, Scott C [VerfasserIn]
Shieh, Hester F [VerfasserIn]
Smithers, Charles J [VerfasserIn]
Jennings, Russell W [VerfasserIn]
Munoz-San Julian, Carlos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anesthetics
Bronchomalacia
Bronchoscopy
Journal Article
Tracheobronchomalacia
Tracheomalacia

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Paediatr Anaesth. 2024 May;34(5):480-481. - PMID 38358324

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/pan.14822

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366207709