Peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass in 2 patients with symptomatic tracheal masses: Perioperative challenges

We report two cases of tracheal masses, where awake peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass was instituted. The first case was an obese boy weighing 102 kg with tracheal rhinoscleroma who developed Harlequin or north-south syndrome after institution of femoro-femoral veno-arterial partial cardiopulmonary bypass.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - November 24, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Satyajeet Misra, Bikram Kishore Behera, Chappity Preetam, Satyapriya Mohanty, Rudra Pratap Mahapatra, Priyank Tapuria, Anirudh Elayat, Anindiya Nayak, Kunal Kotkar, John S. McNeil, Randal S. Blank Tags: Case Conference Source Type: research