RT Book, Section
A1 MacKinnon, Genevieve
A1 Murphy, Michael F.
A1 Petrie, David
A2 Hung, Orlando R.
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146617617
T1 Airway Management in a Patient with Angioedema
T2 Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259640544
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146617617
RD 2024/04/19
AB This  25-year-old  African  American  female  presents  to  the  emergency  department  (ED)  2  hours  after  the  onset  of  lip  swelling  that  has  progressed  to  difficulty  in  breathing.  Her  past  medical  history  is  unremarkable,  with  the  exception  of  newly  diagnosed  hypertension.  Last  week,  her  primary  care  physician  began  a  course  of  a  new  antihypertensive  medication,  lisinopril.  She  has  had  no  previous  history  of  tissue  swelling  and  there  is  no  family  history  of  disorders  characterized  by  tissue  swelling.  Her  ED  vital  signs  are  heart  rate  100  bpm,  respiratory  rate  22  breaths  per  minute,  blood  pressure  165/90  mm  Hg,  temperature  37°C,  and  SpO2  is  99%  on  2  L·min−1  of  oxygen  by  nasal  prongs.