Tetraplegia and respiratory failure following mild cervical trauma in a child with Cornelia de Lange syndrome

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-170

  Del Gaudio, A ^a,b   Varano, L ^a   Perrotta, F ^a   Sorrentino, E ^a   Pagano, A ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system vascular malformations; De Lange syndrome; Gastrostomy; Spinal cord injuries; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DE LANGE SYNDROME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOLOGIST; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINE MALFORMATION; STOMACH PARESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; NECK INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CERVICAL ATLAS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK INJURIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 66149109900     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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