Assessment of airway abnormalities in patients with tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, and major aortopulmonary collaterals. 2019

Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
Department of Anesthesiology,Stanford University, Palo Alto,CA,USA.

BACKGROUND Children with tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, and major aortopulmonary collaterals (TOF/MAPCAs) are at risk for post-operative respiratory complications after undergoing unifocalisation surgery. Thus, we assessed and further defined the incidence of airway abnormalities in our series of over 500 children with TOF/MAPCAs as determined by direct laryngoscopy, chest computed tomography (CT), and/or bronchoscopy. METHODS The medical records of all patients with TOF/MAPCAs who underwent unifocalisation or pulmonary artery reconstruction surgery from March, 2002 to June, 2018 were reviewed. Anaesthesia records, peri-operative bronchoscopy, and/or chest CT reports were reviewed to assess for diagnoses of abnormal or difficult airway. Associations between chromosomal anomalies and airway abnormalities - difficult anaesthetic airway, bronchoscopy, and/or CT findings - were defined. RESULTS Of the 564 patients with TOF/MAPCAs who underwent unifocalisation or pulmonary artery reconstruction surgery at our institution, 211 (37%) had a documented chromosome 22q11 microdeletion and 28 (5%) had a difficult airway/intubation reported at the time of surgery. Chest CT and/or peri-operative bronchoscopy were performed in 234 (41%) of these patients. Abnormalities related to malacia or compression were common. In total 35 patients had both CT and bronchoscopy within 3 months of each other, with concordant findings in 32 (91%) and partially concordant findings in the other 3. CONCLUSIONS This is the largest series of detailed airway findings (direct laryngoscopy, CT, and bronchoscopy) in TOF/MAPCAS patients. Although these findings are specific to an at-risk population for airway abnormalities, they support the utility of CT and /or bronchoscopy in detecting airway abnormalities in patients with TOF/MAPCAs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007828 Laryngoscopy Examination, therapy or surgery of the interior of the larynx performed with a specially designed endoscope. Laryngoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Laryngoscopic,Laryngoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Laryngoscopic,Laryngoscopic Surgeries,Laryngoscopic Surgical Procedure,Laryngoscopies,Procedure, Laryngoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laryngoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Laryngoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laryngoscopic
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008297 Male Males
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D012131 Respiratory Insufficiency Failure to adequately provide oxygen to cells of the body and to remove excess carbon dioxide from them. (Stedman, 25th ed) Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure,Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure,Hypercapnic Acute Respiratory Failure,Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure,Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure,Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure,Respiratory Depression,Respiratory Failure,Ventilatory Depression,Depressions, Ventilatory,Failure, Hypercapnic Respiratory,Failure, Hypoxemic Respiratory,Failure, Respiratory,Hypercapnic Respiratory Failures,Hypoxemic Respiratory Failures,Respiratory Failure, Hypercapnic,Respiratory Failure, Hypoxemic,Respiratory Failures
D001999 Bronchoscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the bronchi. Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgeries,Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedure,Bronchoscopies,Surgeries, Bronchoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Bronchoscopic
D002140 California State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D003097 Collateral Circulation Maintenance of blood flow to an organ despite obstruction of a principal vessel. Blood flow is maintained through small vessels. Blood Circulation, Collateral,Circulation, Collateral,Collateral Blood Circulation,Collateral Circulation, Blood,Blood Collateral Circulation,Circulation, Blood Collateral,Circulation, Collateral Blood,Collateral Blood Circulations,Collateral Circulations,Collateral Circulations, Blood

Related Publications

Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
December 2017, Pediatric pulmonology,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
November 2014, Perfusion,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
November 2018, Cardiology in the young,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
March 2003, Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
November 2014, Perfusion,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
September 2003, Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
February 2016, Pediatric cardiology,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
May 2013, Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
November 2017, Cardiology in the young,
Lisa Wise-Faberowski, and Matthew Irvin, and Douglas R Sidell, and Sheila Rajashekara, and Ritu Asija, and Frandics P Chan, and Frank L Hanley, and Doff B McElhinney
January 1998, Pediatric cardiology,
Copied contents to your clipboard!