Formal reintubation for incipient neonatal subglottic stenosis.
In a small prospective series of 10 children who presented with incipient subglottic stenosis following neonatal intubation a protocol of formal reintubation for two weeks, with sedation, enabled six of the children to avoid tracheostomy or other forms of surgery and in the remaining four it is unlikely that the trial of reintubation made the degree of laryngeal and subglottic damage worse.
Royal Ear Hospital, Middlesex Outpatients Department, London.
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D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D014139:Tracheostomy