Persistent plastic bronchitis in a child after cardiac surgery

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-124

  Peleg, Uri ^a,b   Schwartz, Shepard ^a,b   Sirota, Gisela ^a,b   Hochman, Ilan ^a,b   Cohen, David ^a,b   Picard, Elie ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Children; Fontan procedure; Plastic bronchitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIURETIC AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; STEROID; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DEATH; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

BRONCHITIS; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TRICUSPID ATRESIA;

EID: 13844314051     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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