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A healthy young woman is described in whom the left chest was unable to be inflated after intubation. The differential diagnosis and management are discussed. Severe unilateral bronchospasm was probably caused by topical lidocaine injected at the vocal cords and, inadvertently, into the left main bronchus with a Laryngojet device.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Anaesth

Publication Date

12/2000

Volume

85

Pages

917 - 919

Keywords

Adult, Anesthetics, Local, Bronchi, Bronchial Spasm, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Foreign Bodies, Humans, Intubation, Intratracheal, Lidocaine, Syringes