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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 75, Issue 1 102-104, Copyright © 1995 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

CASE REPORTS

Airway obstruction after trans-jugular liver biopsy: anaesthetic management

G. J. Smurthwaite and MJR. Letheren
Department of Anaesthesia, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL

We describe the anaesthetic management of a patient who developed life- threatening airway obstruction after trans-jugular liver biopsy. An awake tracheal intubation was performed before anaesthesia was induced and an emergency tracheostomy carried out.
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