title: Management of respiratory complications after maxillofacial surgery on board ship.
abstract: An eight year old girl who probably inhaled gastric contents during surgery for cleft palate repair was ventilated for 10 days in the post-operative recovery area on board the Mercy Ship Anastasis with pulse oximetry as the only monitor of oxygenation. She walked off the ship on the seventeenth day.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000770:Anesthesia, Endotracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012767:Ships