Fatal complication from a balloon-expandable tracheal stent in a child: A case report

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-117

  Stotz, William H ^a   Berkowitz, Ivor D ^a   Hoehner, Jeff C ^a   Tunkel, David E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Jarcho Levin syndrome; Spondylothoracic dysplasia; Tracheoarterial fistulas; Tracheobronchial stents; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; STENT; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

BALLOON DILATATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; STENTS; TRACHEAL STENOSIS;

EID: 85047688228     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200301000-00024     Document Type: Article

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