Respiratory distress syndrome and tracheoesophageal fistula: management with high-frequency ventilation.
Crit Care Med
; 18(4): 447-8, 1990 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2318057
ABSTRACT
An 1180-g infant with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula developed life-threatening respiratory distress syndrome. Conventional mechanical ventilation resulted in gastric perforation and pneumoperitoneum. High-frequency ventilation stabilized the infant, permitting distal occlusion of the esophagus with a Silastic band. Fistula ligation was subsequently performed under more optimal physiologic conditions.
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Assunto principal:
Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido
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Ventilação de Alta Frequência
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Fístula Traqueoesofágica
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Atresia Esofágica
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Crit Care Med
Ano de publicação:
1990
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Article