Professional paper

Variation of vascular ring as a cause of extubation failure

IVANCICA SKARIC ; Children's Hospital Zagreb; Department of anesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care; Klaićeva 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
JASMINKA JAKOBOVIC ; Children's Hospital Zagreb; Department of anesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care; Klaićeva 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
MAJA KARAMAN ILIC ; Children's Hospital Zagreb; Department of anesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care; Klaićeva 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
KARMEN KONDZA ; Children's Hospital Zagreb; Department of anesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care; Klaićeva 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
IRENA BABIC ; Children's Hospital Zagreb; Department of anesthesiology, reanimatology and intensive care; Klaićeva 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

We report on an unexpected extubation failure in a two year old boy. In our patient, failure of extubation led to a diagnostic examination. The result of our examination was discovery of a congenital anomaly of the aortic arch and great vessels (vascular ring) with compression of the trachea. The presence of this anomaly in this patient was unknown to us before. A successful surgical procedure eliminated the underlying cause of the persistent extubation failures.

Keywords

tracheal compression; vascular ring; extubation failure

Hrčak ID:

28698

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/28698

Publication date:

1.10.2008.

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