TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Airway Management of a Patient with Superior Vena Cava Obstruction Syndrome A1 - Asselin, Mathieu A1 - O. Launcelott, Gordon A2 - Hung, Orlando R. A2 - Murphy, Michael F. PY - 2017 T2 - Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e AB - A 55-year-old male patient with superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction secondary to a mediastinal mass is scheduled for bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy. The patient weighs 120 kg (250 lb) and has obvious swelling of the face, neck, and upper extremities. The tongue is large (Mallampati Classification IV) and the oral mucosa is plethoric. He is unable to lie flat, but is not dyspneic in the sitting position. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146618536 ER -