Airway obstruction and ventilator dependency in young children with congenital cardiac defects: A role for self-expanding metal stents

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-195

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Roy, Amit ^a   Penny, Daniel J ^a   Ladas, George ^a   Goldstraw, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Congenital cardiac defects; Stents; Vascular compression; Ventilated children

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR; WEANING;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0036215794     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-001-1184-3     Document Type: Article

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