Prolonged Per-laryngeal Endotracheal Intubation in Children: 40 Years On
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Prolonged endotracheal intubation in infants and children.
A series of sixty-one cases of prolonged pernasal intubation in children for conditions which would otherwise need tracheostomy is presented. One serious complication, namely subglottic cicatricial stenosis of the trachea, has occurred and is discussed. There is a definite place for prolonged pernasal intubation in children under 5 years of age as an alternative to tracheostomy. The most import...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0310-057X,1448-0271
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100609