Management of respiratory complications after maxillofacial surgery on board ship.
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.
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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