Can we develop a protocol for the safe decannulation of tracheostomies in children less than 18 months old?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 935-937

  Kubba, Haytham ^a,b   Cooke, Joanne ^a   Hartley, Ben ^a  

^a Hospital for Children   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Decannulation; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

PICIBANIL;

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LOBECTOMY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIDOR; THORAX SURGERY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 2942525471     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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