Pediatric Pulmonary Exclusion Using a Fogarty Catheter

Authors

  • Raquel Veiga Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE - Amadora
  • Catarina Costa Hospital Pedro Hispano, EPE - Matosinhos
  • Susana Vargas Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Anestesiologia, Hospital de São João, EPE – Porto
  • Fernanda Barros Chefe de Serviço de Anestesiologia, Hospital de São João, EPE – Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25751/rspa.3458

Keywords:

Anesthesia, General, Catheterization, Child, Respiration, Artificial

Abstract

The increasing frequency of video-assisted thoracoscopic interventions, as well as open thoracic surgical procedures in children, demands appropriate anesthetic techniques to provide single-lung ventilation.

Techniques for single lung ventilation in children have included several devices because they all have their individual limitations and one must adapt to the possibilities routinely available in the institution.

Successful use of Fogarty occlusion embolectomy catheters as bronchial blockers for lung isolation and single-lung ventilation has been documented using different techniques. Placement is either performed blindly or guided with visual confirmation using the bronchoscope or fluoroscopy.

We describe the successful placement of a Fogarty catheter for single-lung ventilation through a single lumen tube in a 2 year old boy proposed for a lower right pulmonary lobe resection that allowed us an uneventful ventilation throughout the surgical procedure.

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How to Cite

Veiga, R., Costa, C., Vargas, S., & Barros, F. (2014). Pediatric Pulmonary Exclusion Using a Fogarty Catheter. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Anesthesiology, 22(3), 84–86. https://doi.org/10.25751/rspa.3458

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Case Report

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