title: Acquired oral commissure defect: a complication of prolonged endotracheal intubation.
abstract: A number of complications during and following endotracheal intubation of infants are well described in the literature. We describe a rare case of an oral commissure defect acquired from prolonged endotracheal intubation in a ventilator-dependent preterm infant.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Schneider Children's Hospital and Schneider Children's Hospital at North Shore, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA.
authors.forename: Doron J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spinazzola
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors