A modified nasopharyngeal tube to relieve high upper airway obstruction

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-306

  Chang, A B ^a,b   Masters, I B ^a   Williams, G R ^a   Harris, M ^a   O'Neil, M C ^a  

^a MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniofacial anomalies; Infants; Nasopharyngeal tube; Pierre Robin syndrome; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; NEWBORN; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TUBE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034102811     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(200004)29:4<299::AID-PPUL10>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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