Plastic bronchitis: A case report

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 520-523

  Dicindio, Sabina ^a   Theroux, Mary ^a,b   Costarino Jr , Andrew T ^a   Cook, Steven ^a   O'Reilly, Robert ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Cast bronchitis; Congenital cardiac defect; Plastic bronchitis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRIDOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRISOMY 21;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 2942511327     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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