1/1. Spinal anaesthesia in a child with Job's syndrome, pneumatoceles and empyema.We present a case of acute bowel obstruction in an immunocompromised child, who also had lobar pneumonia and a giant unilateral pneumatocele. She was successfully managed with subarachnoid anaesthesia for exploratory laparotomy to relieve a colonic obstruction. This proved to be a safe alternative to general anaesthesia with tracheal intubation in this patient and should be considered in infants and children in selected cases whenever a contraindication to general anaesthesia exists.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = anaesthesia (Clic here for more details about this article) |