Effective use of corticosteroid in a child with life-threatening plastic bronchitis after Fontan operation

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-109

  Onoue, Yoichi ^a   Adachi, Yuichi ^a   Ichida, Fukiko ^a   Miyawaki, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Fontan operation; Plastic bronchitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0037323165     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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