Late complications of prolonged tracheal intubation
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To the Editor: We read with great interest the article of Lee JJ et al. that describes two complications of tracheal intubation in a neonate. We believe, however, that these two complications could have been avoided if the following precautions and techniques were used. (1) Tracheal intubation was achieved after three esophageal intubations. It was not mentioned if the esophageal intubation was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0008-2856,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03005072