title: Selective bronchial intubation for acute post-operative atelectasis in neonates and infants.
abstract: Selective bronchial intubation and lavage under fluoroscopic control was performed in 10 surgical neonates and infants to clear lobar atelectasis, after standard physiotherapeutic techniques had failed. Full re-expansion of the lung was obtained in all cases. The indications and techniques of selective bronchial intubation and lavage are described. This manoeuvre can be recommended in early post-operative atelectasis in neonates and infants if non-invasive measures have failed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rode
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stunden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cywes
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007440:Intubation / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation