Should all newborns who undergo patent ductus arteriosus ligation be examined for vocal fold mobility?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1606-1609

  Smith, Marshall E ^a,b   King, Jerald D ^a   Elsherif, Abdelaziz ^a   Muntz, Harlan R ^a,b   Park, Albert H ^a,b   Kouretas, Peter C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Newborns; Patent ductus arteriosus ligation; Vocal fold mobility; Vocal fold paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS LIGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 68849096596     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20148     Document Type: Article

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