| Tracheal Perforation as a Complication of Orotracheal Intubation in a Neonate. |
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Un Kim, Sung Taik Park, Jeong Eun Lee, Ik Soo Kim, Se Jin Choi |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Chungnam National University, College of Medicine, Daejon, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Tracheal perforation during intubation of the neonate is a rare event but may have contributed to lethal complication.
We have had experience with a case of tracheal perforation which probably resulted from the trauma of too vigorous an attempt at orotracheal intubation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation of a newborn infant delivered by C-section. |
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