CT-guided lung biopsies in children: anesthesia management and complications

Paediatr Anaesth. 2005 Apr;15(4):321-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01537.x.

Abstract

We describe the anesthetic management of three children who underwent CT-guided lung biopsies and the complications associated with the procedure. We discuss the likely causes and recommend steps that would help decrease the risk of these complications during such a procedure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General* / adverse effects
  • Biopsy / adverse effects
  • Biopsy / methods*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Lymphoma / pathology
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pneumonia / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / pathology