Extubation failure due to post-extubation stridor is better correlated with neurologic impairment than with upper airway lesions in critically ill pediatric patients

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-158

  Harel, Yaron ^a,c   Vardi, Amir ^a   Quigley, Raymond ^a   Brink, Lela W ^a   Manning, Scott C ^b   Carmody, Thomas J ^b   Levin, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

corticosteroid; extubation; mechanical ventilation; neurologic impairment; pediatric critical care; stridor; upper airway

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRIDOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0031555844     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(97)01488-2     Document Type: Article

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