More or less CHAOS: Case report and literature review suggesting the existence of a distinct subtype of congenital high airway obstruction syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-117

  Vidaeff, A C ^a   Szmuk, P ^c,d   Mastrobattista, J M ^a   Rowe, T F ^b   Ghelber, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates of South Texas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Outcomes Research Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

CHAOS; Congenital high airway obstruction; Fetus; Laryngeal atresia; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATRESIA; AWARENESS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CRICOID; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FISTULA; GAS EXCHANGE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTUBATION; KARYOTYPING; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LIVE BIRTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNG, CONGENITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYNDROME; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34447536547     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4007     Document Type: Article

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