Preoperative airway management in a preterm with bilateral choanal atresia
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Congenital bilateral choanal atresia.
Congenital choanal atresia (CCA) is the developmental failure of the nasal cavity to communicate with nasopharynx. Surgical repair is recommended in the first weeks of life in bilateral cases because this is a life-threatening situation in newborns. This is a case report of a full-term, healthy newborn baby presenting with intermittent attacks of cyanosis and respiratory distress soon after bir...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211778