British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1974, Vol. 46, No. 4 313-314
© 1974 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
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TRANSTRACHEAL VENTILATION IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Two case reports describe percutaneous transtracheal ventilation using an intermittent jet of oxygen under high pressure in an 11-year-old child undergoing operation for laryngeal stenosis and a 6-year-old child with mandibular facial dysostosis, who became obstructed and cyanosed in the recovery room.