Usefulness of Airway Evaluation in Infants Initially Seen With an Apparent Life-Threatening Event
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Usefulness of airway evaluation in infants initially seen with an apparent life-threatening event.
OBJECTIVES To determine how often the pediatric otolaryngology service is involved in the initial care of infants with an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE), to assess the usefulness of bronchoscopy and laryngoscopy in diagnosing the underlying etiology, and to describe the long-term airway outcomes and whether these patients were seen by the pediatric otolaryngology service over a 5-year f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.37